Nelson

2 variations

girls:

431 births since 1913

#3937 (10th percentile)

boys:

79.1k births since 1880

#358 (91st percentile)

overall:

79.5k births since 1880

#801 (87th percentile)

Popularity of Nelson's 2 Variations

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the 2 variations of "Nelson". These 2 different ways to spell Nelson have been grouped together based on pronunciation by a model that updates daily in response to your feedback.

1880 2023 18802023

This table provides detailed name popularity stats for 2 spelling variations of Nelson based on Social Security card applications in the United States. Alternate spellings are only included if they were used at least 5 times in a single year.

This table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers.

79.1k
1,082
1942
1880
68.2%
32.3%
#109
#617
431
13
1936
1913
1.4%
0.1%
#480
#946
17
7
2009
2006
0.2%
#875

The popularity percentiles and rank data in the table above are computed for each spelling variation individually, compared against all other individual spellings. This is different from the header on this page and our ranking pages, which compare popularity of the grouped spellings as a whole.

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All Spelling Variations of Nelson

The 2 different ways to spell Nelson, sorted by popularity: