Nels

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #4,539in 2025
  • 1 in 77,639boys in 2025
  • +76%last ten years

Most popular in 1893.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

014328518801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Nels, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880109
1881179
1882229
1883182
1884280
1885186
1886135
1887187
1888265
1889154
1890135
1891178
1892156
1893285
1894173
1895170
1896176
1897124
1898155
1899132
190053
190175
1902114
190375
190455
1905106
190683
1907109
190884
190967
191057
191180
191270
191376
191469
191566
191665
191750
191864
191935
192041
192141
192235
192335
192433
192542
192635
192746
192829
192924
193024
193140
193223
193340
193431
193525
193629
193736
193825
193928
194030
194119
194225
194325
194426
194519
194628
194720
194821
194923
195025
195124
195224
195324
195418
195527
195624
195720
195820
195920
196018
196122
196215
196319
196414
196517
196623
196719
196814
196918
197016
197116
197214
197321
197418
197513
197624
197716
197813
197916
198024
198117
198223
198311
198415
198510
198612
198712
19888
198912
199011
19918
19929
19939
19946
19956
199610
19977
19987
19994
20007
20017
20025
20035
20046
20058
20063
20076
20085
20098
20109
20116
20126
20134
201411
20157
20168
20179
20186
20197
20209
202113
202211
202311
202410
202513

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nels isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
22
Rank in 2025
#4,539
How rare
1 in 77,639 boys
Since 1880
3,841

Most popular in 1893, at 285 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 76% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.