Nelle
16
Babies in 2024
+300%
10-year change
2021
Peak · 29
-38%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Nelle
Nelle is a rising UK girl's name. Registrations in 2024 (16) are up 300% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Nelle reached its peak in 2021, when 29 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,161 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 16 represents 55% of the peak.
Across 20 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 209 girls have been officially registered with the name Nelle in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 180 girls were registered with the name, starting from 4 in 2014 and ending at 16 in 2024.