Nelia
Nelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. Its best rank was 608th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201524 births
- Best rank
- #608in 1884
- Since 1880
- 1,566people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,566 girls have been named Nelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 24 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 2010s alone account for 10%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | |
| 1890s | 80 | |
| 1900s | 93 | |
| 1910s | 119 | |
| 1920s | 133 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 112 | |
| 1950s | 113 | |
| 1960s | 87 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 72 | |
| 1990s | 67 | |
| 2000s | 108 | |
| 2010s | 163 | |
| 2020s | 77 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Nelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Nelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deliapeak 1957
- Senapeak 2023
- Maggiepeak 2007
- Molliepeak 1915
- Adeliapeak 2017
- Corapeak 2019
- Dellapeak 1917
- Lillapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.