Nell

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:

From Wikipedia

Nell first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 140 babies (rank #338 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nell

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nell yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,908
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
140
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19964#3,556
199716#1,212
199815#1,297
199919#1,096
200031#757
200156#518
2002103#343
2003111#340
2004114#337
200589#421
2006111#380
2007121#361
2008128#351
2009104#408
2010115#391
2011117#396
2012113#411
2013131#347
2014131#353
2015140#338
2016139#346