Nelsie

Girl · recorded 1912–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nelsie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121936195919832006

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Nelsie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191213
191414
191512
19169
19176
19196
19246
19255
19304
19315
19327
19336
19355
19378
19473
19543
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nelsie 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006
5
Rank in 2006
#17,168
How rare
1 in 380,241 girls
Since 1912
120

Nelsie was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 14 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nelsie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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