Girl
Nelly
Nelly is a girl's name, a rare find in the registry, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s.
EtymologyDiminutive of Ellen/Helen
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
62
1910s
130
1920s
210
1930s
162
1940s
160
1950s
384
1960s
428
1970s
634
1980s
770
1990s
972
2000s
1,626
2010s
1,100
Peaked in the 2000s · 6,638 total U.S. births since 1900