Nelwyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelwyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 657 babies named Nelwyn between 1913 and 1975, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelwyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelwyn performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nelwyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nelwyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelwyn 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 657 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.