Nelle is a distinctive choice, ranked #1639 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Nelle in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1639
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About the Name Nelle
Nelle has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 263 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1161 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2001.
Nelle is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Nelle in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Nelle
Nelle Nugent — Nelle Nugent is an American independent Broadway producer who has won several Tony Awards.
Nelle A. Coley — Nelle Artis Coley was an American educator.
Nelle Wilson Reagan — Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan was the mother of 40th United States President Ronald Reagan and his older brother Neil Reagan.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nelle
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Nelle per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nelle in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nelle has been fairly steady, ranked #1,639 in 2025 against #1,556 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,161 in 2021.
Nelle is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Nelle include: Nelle Nugent, Nelle Lee and Evan Nelle. Short summaries for each appear below.
Nelle does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nelles in the wild.
18
UK babies named Nelle (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 83 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nelle
Almost certainly the only Nelle in the class
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UK Popularity (2001–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Nelle
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Nelle Brooke Stull of Elyria, Ohio was founder and president of the Widows' & Widowers' Club, which introduced bereaved men and women to each other in hope of making new matches.
Evan Heinrich Nikolai Nelle is a Filipino basketball player for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Fictional Nelles
Nelle G. Burger (1869-1957), Nelle A. Coley (1909–1999), Nelle Richmond Eberhart (1871–1944), Nelle Isabel Law (1914–1990), Nelle Harper Lee (1926–2016)