Unisex name · since 2003
Nesly
Nesly has 70 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nesly is the #14098 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesly has been recorded 70 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #14098 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #31,151 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,098 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesly ranks #31,151 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,098 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 70 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,151 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nesly's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nesly compares
70 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nesly's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nesly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nesly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nesly's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nesly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nesly popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Nesly as boys' name)
Nesly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Nesly's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Nesly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Nesly's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nesly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nesly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.