Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nela

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
horn

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nela

Pronunciation

n(e)-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #4871, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8362, 12 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202512
202414
202327
202215
202119
202017
201927
201821
20179
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #513, 79 births); most recent 2025 (rank #807, 45 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202545
202450
202345
202256
202178
202060
201979
201870
201769
201662

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1923, 16 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2413, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202311
202215
202116
20205
20196
201813
201713
20166
20158
201413

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #296, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20255
20246
20234
202213
20215
20209
201915
201815
20178
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #342, 10 births); most recent 2024 (rank #638, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20244
202310
20223
2021–
20203
201910
201810
20174
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #298, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence