Nels

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Nels first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 65 babies (rank #813 that year). In 2024 it was given to 18 boys (rank #5,366). The name has been rising over the last five years.
3,819
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
65
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188012#553
188118#407
188226#353
188319#410
188432#309
188520#407
188615#485
188719#385
188832#323
188917#456
189015#503
189118#425
189219#455
189332#310
189420#432
189520#449
189621#434
189714#576
189819#481
189914#541
19008#1,021
19018#832
190214#607
19039#826
19047#1,034
190514#657
190611#790
190716#655
190813#769
190911#938
191011#1,024
191118#784
191230#814
191339#753
191445#791
191556#821
191658#818
191746#952
191865#813
191934#1,223
192044#1,061
192145#1,056
192238#1,174
192338#1,170
192437#1,200
192547#1,006
192639#1,154
192752#973
192832#1,288
192926#1,437
193026#1,451
193142#1,045
193224#1,454
193340#1,026
193432#1,185
193526#1,345
193630#1,218
193738#1,051
193828#1,269
193931#1,187
194035#1,123
194123#1,436
194235#1,186
194336#1,151
194435#1,130
194526#1,320
194646#1,010
194736#1,226
194836#1,211
194941#1,107
195045#1,058
195145#1,079
195246#1,076
195348#1,052
195436#1,260
195555#1,021
195651#1,065
195743#1,195
195842#1,201
195943#1,190
196038#1,288
196146#1,167
196231#1,417
196338#1,269
196427#1,531
196532#1,373
196641#1,175
196733#1,333
196824#1,632
196933#1,409
197029#1,601
197128#1,699
197223#1,910
197332#1,535
197429#1,681
197521#2,182
197637#1,490
197727#1,890
197822#2,178
197928#1,928
198043#1,464
198131#1,847
198241#1,532
198320#2,471
198427#2,020
198518#2,793
198622#2,481
198722#2,533
198815#3,474
198925#2,589
199023#2,841
199117#3,575
199217#3,700
199318#3,599
199412#5,027
199511#5,405
199619#3,636
199714#4,612
199813#5,095
19998#7,656
200014#5,242
200114#5,319
200210#6,903
20039#7,658
200412#6,404
200515#5,494
20067#10,335
200712#6,957
200810#8,110
200916#5,733
201017#5,407
201112#6,878
201211#7,394
20137#10,405
201421#4,652
201514#6,209
201615#5,972
201716#5,709
201811#7,464
201913#6,672
202016#5,624
202123#4,454
202219#5,160
202319#5,188
202418#5,366