male NAME · CURRENTLY #825

Nelson

NEL-sun

“son of Nell”

An English surname-derived given name traditionally interpreted as a patronymic.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Nelson has traveled through time

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LATEST YEAR2025300 births
PEAK RANK#136in 1882
CURRENT USAGE0% F100% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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