Nela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nela: Recorded every year since 2005, it reached #296 in 2019, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#296highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#1741
2008	#2487
2009	#1411
2010	#1429
2011	#1374
2012	#1150
2013	#1075
2014	#859
2015	#809
2016	#676
2017	#609
2018	#587
2019	#513
2020	#631
2021	#521
2022	#671
2023	#794
2024	#751

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland, #751 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3382 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #296 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2007–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Nela appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 817 births with the name.

Nela across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3382 (2005)	#513 (2019)	#751 (2024)	20 of 20	817 (2005–2024)	79 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#296 (2019)	#608 (2025)	18 of 19	147 (2007–2025)	15 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#451 (2012)	#298 (2019)	#298 (2019)	3 of 8	11 (2012–2019)	5 (2019)

Nela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	52	5 of 10	10
2010s	476	10 of 10	48
2020sbusiest	289	5 of 10	58

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 58 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Nela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#751	50	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#794	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#671	56	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#521	78	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#631	60	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#513	79	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#587	70	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#609	69	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#676	62	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#809	47	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#859	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1075	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	13	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #296, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 79 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nelia · #187, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aela · #296, 23y
Fearne · #295, 24y
Alayah · #298, 23y
Aylah · #298, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Austeja · #298, 20y
Aylah · #298, 20y
Azlan · #298, 21y
Lile · #298, 17y

Nela was ranked #296 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nela without appearing here.

Nela moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1741 and #5201.
Josefine Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1741 and #5201.
Meabh Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #2781 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1741 and #5201.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2487 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Nela

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #513 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #631 and #460.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #437 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #677 and #510.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #299 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #296 and #180.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #676 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #609 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Nela

Abigail Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 while Aimee went from #49 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 while Aisling went from #657 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 while Alex went from #251 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nela

Ada Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 and Ada from #951 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 and Alma from #1500 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 and Amelia from #15 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nela went from #3382 to #751 and Aria from #1295 to #35.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #296 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nela

Nela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nela across 3 official records

Nela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nela across 3 official records

Nela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Names published alongside Nela

Nela and the names beside it

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