Nelson

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #824in 2025
  • 1 in 5,693boys in 2025
  • −21%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Maryland

Most popular in 1899. Quieter now: down 21% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05041,00718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Nelson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880896
1881893
1882915
1883755
1884778
1885770
1886704
1887611
1888703
1889723
1890640
1891850
1892803
1893641
1894656
1895920
1896719
1897922
1898913
18991,007
1900897
1901911
1902636
1903780
1904632
1905952
1906751
1907879
1908726
1909689
1910731
1911797
1912812
1913696
1914805
1915714
1916695
1917654
1918655
1919696
1920695
1921639
1922606
1923642
1924665
1925661
1926617
1927597
1928615
1929549
1930574
1931584
1932602
1933577
1934551
1935555
1936608
1937620
1938717
1939724
1940696
1941644
1942630
1943556
1944525
1945517
1946456
1947445
1948464
1949441
1950449
1951426
1952427
1953513
1954465
1955444
1956433
1957437
1958447
1959508
1960476
1961448
1962450
1963483
1964415
1965438
1966406
1967452
1968440
1969427
1970407
1971438
1972382
1973372
1974429
1975442
1976466
1977408
1978414
1979389
1980383
1981357
1982363
1983351
1984361
1985382
1986388
1987381
1988396
1989428
1990453
1991401
1992401
1993388
1994373
1995358
1996328
1997328
1998322
1999315
2000307
2001317
2002319
2003310
2004289
2005298
2006294
2007281
2008270
2009262
2010233
2011241
2012246
2013234
2014213
2015222
2016227
2017222
2018206
2019227
2020225
2021205
2022180
2023182
2024187
2025176

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maryland 3.0×
  2. Virginia 1.6×
  3. Pennsylvania 1.5×
  4. New York 1.4×
  5. New Jersey 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
300
Rank in 2025
#824
How rare
1 in 5,693 boys
Since 1880
79,709

Most popular in 1899, at 1,007 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 21% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maryland3.0×38
Virginia1.6×32
Pennsylvania1.5×42
New York1.4×67
New Jersey1.4×30

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.