girls:
657 births since 1913
#5059 (11th percentile)
overall:
657 births since 1913
#7082 (8th percentile)
The name Nelwyn is the #7,082 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 657 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,059 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 657 births since 1913.
Nelwyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for girls in 1913). Birth data for Nelwyn is available in 52 out of the 63 years between 1913 and 1975. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Nelwyn reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #572) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 19 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nelwyn".
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