Nellie
Quick answers about Nellie
How many people are named Nellie?
An estimated 25,210 living Americans are named Nellie.
How rare is Nellie?
Nellie is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 567 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 86% from its 1918 peak.
How old is the typical Nellie?
The median age of a living American named Nellie is approximately 71 years, with most bearers falling between 36 and 84 years old.
Is Nellie still popular?
Yes — Nellie is currently rising in popularity, with 567 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.7× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Nellie most common?
Nellie has its strongest geographic signal in Nebraska, where it appeared 5.0× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Nellie is most concentrated in Nebraska — about 5.0× the national rate in the 2020s.
States where Nellie is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.