Recorded 1916–1938 Boys' name Peak 1926 88 births

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.

1910s221920s451930s21
1920s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Nuel was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

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 1938

Total births

88

Since 1916

23 years of records

Peak year

1926

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1938

Active since

1916

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1938

Nuel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1916

Last recorded 1938
Peak year (1926)
9
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
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Nuel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
45 births that decade — 51% of Nuel's all-time total
1910s221920s451930s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nuel?
88 babies have been named Nuel since 1916. It was last recorded in 1938. The peak year was 1926 with 9 births.
When was Nuel most popular?
Nuel was most popular in the 1920s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
How long has the name Nuel been used?
Nuel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1916, spanning 23 years of data through 1938.

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.