Meaning and history
Nelly is a diminutive of Nell and other names containing nel.
20062006: 158 births, rank #1,428
2007: 208 births, rank #1,205
2008: 195 births, rank #1,274
2009: 194 births, rank #1,258
2010: 161 births, rank #1,420
20112011: 147 births, rank #1,509
2012: 159 births, rank #1,432
2013: 130 births, rank #1,642
2014: 139 births, rank #1,562
2015: 122 births, rank #1,719
20162016: 104 births, rank #1,929
2017: 128 births, rank #1,677
2018: 99 births, rank #1,978
2019: 146 births, rank #1,495
2020: 92 births, rank #2,023
20212021: 135 births, rank #1,554
2022: 158 births, rank #1,422
2023: 142 births, rank #1,514
2024: 168 births, rank #1,358
20252025: 173 births, rank #1,291
Nelly moved from #832 to #940 for girls between 1887 and 1888. Its highest annual birth count came in 1882, with 10 births.