for boys in 2025
Data through 2025
Nels name popularity in the United States
Nels ranked #4539 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 22 boys named Nels.
SSA
65 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
Boys
Nels for boys and girls
Boys
22100.0% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 22 | #4539 |
| 2024 | boys | 18 | #5241 |
| 2023 | boys | 19 | #5075 |
| 2022 | boys | 19 | #5019 |
| 2021 | boys | 23 | #4362 |
| 2020 | boys | 16 | #5451 |
| 2019 | boys | 13 | #6406 |
| 2018 | boys | 11 | #7136 |
| 2017 | boys | 16 | #5526 |
| 2016 | boys | 15 | #5789 |
| 2015 | boys | 14 | #5999 |
| 2014 | boys | 21 | #4538 |
Show full history (146 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 22 | #4539 |
| 2024 | boys | 18 | #5241 |
| 2023 | boys | 19 | #5075 |
| 2022 | boys | 19 | #5019 |
| 2021 | boys | 23 | #4362 |
| 2020 | boys | 16 | #5451 |
| 2019 | boys | 13 | #6406 |
| 2018 | boys | 11 | #7136 |
| 2017 | boys | 16 | #5526 |
| 2016 | boys | 15 | #5789 |
| 2015 | boys | 14 | #5999 |
| 2014 | boys | 21 | #4538 |
| 2013 | boys | 7 | #9655 |
| 2012 | boys | 11 | #7050 |
| 2011 | boys | 12 | #6578 |
| 2010 | boys | 17 | #5251 |
| 2009 | boys | 16 | #5554 |
| 2008 | boys | 10 | #7698 |
| 2007 | boys | 12 | #6622 |
| 2006 | boys | 7 | #9585 |
| 2005 | boys | 15 | #5278 |
| 2004 | boys | 12 | #6138 |
| 2003 | boys | 9 | #7245 |
| 2002 | boys | 10 | #6522 |
| 2001 | boys | 14 | #5142 |
| 2000 | boys | 14 | #5040 |
| 1999 | boys | 8 | #7139 |
| 1998 | boys | 13 | #4873 |
| 1997 | boys | 14 | #4451 |
| 1996 | boys | 19 | #3549 |
| 1995 | boys | 11 | #5124 |
| 1994 | boys | 12 | #4803 |
| 1993 | boys | 18 | #3501 |
| 1992 | boys | 17 | #3604 |
| 1991 | boys | 17 | #3462 |
| 1990 | boys | 23 | #2780 |
| 1989 | boys | 25 | #2545 |
| 1988 | boys | 15 | #3350 |
| 1987 | boys | 22 | #2468 |
| 1986 | boys | 22 | #2429 |
| 1985 | boys | 18 | #2710 |
| 1984 | boys | 27 | #1979 |
| 1983 | boys | 20 | #2408 |
| 1982 | boys | 41 | #1514 |
| 1981 | boys | 31 | #1811 |
| 1980 | boys | 43 | #1449 |
| 1979 | boys | 28 | #1903 |
| 1978 | boys | 22 | #2134 |
| 1977 | boys | 27 | #1858 |
| 1976 | boys | 37 | #1469 |
| 1975 | boys | 21 | #2134 |
| 1974 | boys | 29 | #1659 |
| 1973 | boys | 32 | #1514 |
| 1972 | boys | 23 | #1871 |
| 1971 | boys | 28 | #1668 |
| 1970 | boys | 29 | #1582 |
| 1969 | boys | 33 | #1396 |
| 1968 | boys | 24 | #1614 |
| 1967 | boys | 33 | #1312 |
| 1966 | boys | 41 | #1164 |
| 1965 | boys | 32 | #1360 |
| 1964 | boys | 27 | #1510 |
| 1963 | boys | 38 | #1255 |
| 1962 | boys | 31 | #1403 |
| 1961 | boys | 46 | #1156 |
| 1960 | boys | 38 | #1273 |
| 1959 | boys | 43 | #1182 |
| 1958 | boys | 42 | #1186 |
| 1957 | boys | 43 | #1185 |
| 1956 | boys | 51 | #1056 |
| 1955 | boys | 55 | #1011 |
| 1954 | boys | 36 | #1242 |
| 1953 | boys | 48 | #1046 |
| 1952 | boys | 46 | #1066 |
| 1951 | boys | 45 | #1070 |
| 1950 | boys | 45 | #1052 |
| 1949 | boys | 41 | #1097 |
| 1948 | boys | 36 | #1194 |
| 1947 | boys | 36 | #1213 |
| 1946 | boys | 46 | #1003 |
| 1945 | boys | 26 | #1296 |
| 1944 | boys | 35 | #1120 |
| 1943 | boys | 36 | #1140 |
| 1942 | boys | 35 | #1167 |
| 1941 | boys | 23 | #1411 |
| 1940 | boys | 35 | #1107 |
| 1939 | boys | 31 | #1168 |
| 1938 | boys | 28 | #1247 |
| 1937 | boys | 38 | #1031 |
| 1936 | boys | 30 | #1205 |
| 1935 | boys | 26 | #1326 |
| 1934 | boys | 32 | #1173 |
| 1933 | boys | 40 | #1013 |
| 1932 | boys | 24 | #1426 |
| 1931 | boys | 42 | #1031 |
| 1930 | boys | 26 | #1428 |
| 1929 | boys | 26 | #1413 |
| 1928 | boys | 32 | #1272 |
| 1927 | boys | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | boys | 39 | #1144 |
| 1925 | boys | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | boys | 37 | #1187 |
| 1923 | boys | 38 | #1157 |
| 1922 | boys | 38 | #1158 |
| 1921 | boys | 45 | #1045 |
| 1920 | boys | 44 | #1045 |
| 1919 | boys | 34 | #1207 |
| 1918 | boys | 65 | #809 |
| 1917 | boys | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | boys | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | boys | 56 | #816 |
| 1914 | boys | 45 | #788 |
| 1913 | boys | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | boys | 30 | #800 |
| 1911 | boys | 18 | #759 |
| 1910 | boys | 11 | #981 |
| 1909 | boys | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | boys | 13 | #744 |
| 1907 | boys | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | boys | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | boys | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | boys | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | boys | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | boys | 14 | #583 |
| 1901 | boys | 8 | #779 |
| 1900 | boys | 8 | #968 |
| 1899 | boys | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | boys | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | boys | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | boys | 21 | #424 |
| 1895 | boys | 20 | #437 |
| 1894 | boys | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | boys | 32 | #307 |
| 1892 | boys | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | boys | 18 | #411 |
| 1890 | boys | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | boys | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | boys | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | boys | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | boys | 15 | #470 |
| 1885 | boys | 20 | #399 |
| 1884 | boys | 32 | #306 |
| 1883 | boys | 19 | #402 |
| 1882 | boys | 26 | #347 |
| 1881 | boys | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | boys | 12 | #526 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.