Girl
Nell
Nell is a girl's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyShort for Eleanor/Helen
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
2,441
1910s
5,651
1920s
6,063
1930s
4,004
1940s
2,074
1950s
1,120
1960s
462
1970s
346
1980s
271
1990s
258
2000s
259
2010s
390
Peaked in the 1920s · 23,339 total U.S. births since 1900