Nelson
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Nelson
Variation of Nelly
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #645 | 409 | 212.9 |
| 2015 | #627 | 426 | 222.3 |
| 2016 | #621 | 431 | 227.1 |
| 2017 | #631 | 411 | 222 |
| 2018 | #672 | 374 | 205.9 |
| 2019 | #655 | 406 | 226.3 |
| 2020 | #670 | 388 | 224.8 |
| 2021 | #722 | 358 | 204.6 |
| 2022 | #799 | 315 | 180.4 |
| 2023 | #797 | 311 | 181.8 |
| 2024 | #778 | 322 | 186.9 |
| 2025 | #825 | 300 | 175.6 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Nelson.
Famous Nelsons
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1st President of South Africa
- Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
41st Vice President of the United States
- Nelson Piquet
Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson Angelo Piquet
Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson Wilmarch Aldrich
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez
Paraguayan footballer
- Nelson Algren
American novelist
- Nelson Ascencio
American actor/comedian
- Nelson S. Bond
American writer
- Nelson Dawson
English artist
- Nelson DeCastro
American comic book artist
- Nelson Richard DeMille
American author
- Nelson Ackerman Eddy
American singer
- Nelson Freire
Brazilian pianist
- Nelson George
American writer/filmmaker
- Nelson Illingworth
Australian sculptor
- Nelson Ned
Brazilian singer
- Nelson Doubleday Jr.
American businessman
- Nelson Goodman
American philosopher
- Nelson Franklin
American actor
- Nelson Bunker Hunt
American businessman
- Nelson A. Miles
American soldier
- Nelson Poynter
American newspaper publisher
- Nelson Smock Riddle
American bandleader
- Nelson Rodrigues
Brazilian playwright
- Nelson Briles
American baseball pitcher
- Nelson Carmichael
American skier
- Nelson Peltz
American businessman and father of actress Nicola Peltz
- Nelson Oduber
prime minister of Aruba
- Nelson Dewey
American politician
- Baby Face Nelson (original name Lester Joseph Gillis)
diminutive American gangster
- Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson)
British admiral
- Prince Rogers Nelson
American musician
- Nelson Angelil (b. 2010)
son of French Canadian singer Celine Dion
- Nelson Cabral Semedo
Portuguese professional footballer
Nelson in pop culture
- Nelson Van Alden
character on TV's "Boardwalk Empire"
- Nelson Biederman IV
character in film "Let's Go to Prison"
- Nelson
from the movie "Flatliners"
- Nelson Minkler
from TV series "Even Stevens"
- Nelson Tibideaux
from TV series "The Cosby Show"
- Nelson Muntz
bully that says "Ha,ha!" in "The Simpsons"
- Nelson
DJ's wealthy boyfriend on Full House
- Ferdinand "Foggy" Nelson
character in Marvel's "Daredevil"
- Nelson Rose
female character on TV's "SMILF"
- Nelson
city in New Zealand
