Nelsy — #10498 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelsy

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Nelsy between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelsy currently holds the #10498 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelsy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nelsy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nelsy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelsy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 268 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.