How Many People Are Named Nelya?
An estimated 80 people in the United States have the first name Nelya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 6 years old, and Nelya peaked in popularity in 2023 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nelya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nelya paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Nelya is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
80
About 1 in 4,284,429 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
6
years old
Peak Year
2023
15 births
Total Registered
80
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nelya
Nelya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 80 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nelya as a female name
Ranked #11,819 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (15 births)
Nelya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nelya span from the 2010s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 52 babies were registered. Nelya remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Nelya by Decade
How has Nelya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nelya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nelya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nelya
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nelya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nelya?
We estimate approximately 80 people named Nelya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 4,284,429 Americans share this first name.
Is Nelya a common name?
Nelya is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 61.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 80 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nelya most popular?
Nelya reached peak popularity in 2023, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nelya is approximately 6 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nelya a female name?
Nelya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nelya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nelya Smith, Nelya Johnson, Nelya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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