girl's name

Nellie-Mae

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 122

Nellie-Mae is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2022, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 75,279 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 2014.

Nellie-Mae over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nellie-Mae by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
2010s 30
2020s (to 2025) 79

How popular is Nellie-Mae?

In 2025, Nellie-Mae was given to 7 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Nellie-Mae is used

England & Wales #3,339 7 in 2025
United States as Nelliemae #4,806 5 in 1916

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

How Nellie-Mae is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Nelliemae Nelliemae is Nellie-Mae written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #4,806. 13

Names that peaked alongside Nellie-Mae

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nellie-Mae also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nellie-Mae over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nellie-Mae

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nellie-Mae — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nellie-Mae

How popular is the name Nellie-Mae?

In 2025, Nellie-Mae was given to 7 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Nellie-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?

Nellie-Mae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nellie-Mae most popular?

Nellie-Mae peaked in 2022, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Nellie-Mae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nellie-Mae currently ranks #3,339 in England and Wales. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.