Nuel — boys' name
88 babies named Nuel in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Nuel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Nuel in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nuel
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Nuel between 1916 and 1938, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nuel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nuel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nuel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nuel 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 88 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.
Nuel at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1916
- Peak year (1926)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
88 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 9 births in a single year.
Nuel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 45 births that decade — 51% of Nuel's all-time total
Nuel decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Nuel's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1938 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.