Nelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nelle: Recorded since 2001, it reached #1,161 in 2021, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1161highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2013	#5742
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2016	#2120
2017	#1681
2018	#3985
2019	#1439
2020	#1556
2021	#1161
2022	#1452
2023	#1255
2024	#1819

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 20 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1161 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nelle 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 Nelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	6 of 10	3
2010s	79	9 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	111	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Nelle appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1161 in England and Wales in 2021.

Nelle'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1255	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,161, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,819position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 births →

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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Nellie · #93, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Charlea · #1160, 15y
Inaara · #1160, 15y
Dimitar · #1158, 17y
Eris · #1164, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Amias · #1162, 11y
Inaara · #1160, 15y
Dimitar · #1158, 17y
Eris · #1164, 23y

Nelle 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 Nelle without appearing here.

Nelle moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1161 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #5591.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #5591.

Moved the opposite way to Nelle

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 while Aisling went from #514 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 while Alex went from #172 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nelle

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 and Ada from #1520 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 and Alma from #1728 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 and Amalie from #3998 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nelle went from #3998 to #1819 and Amelia from #32 to #2.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1161 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nelle at a glance

Nelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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