Nel
Meaning
short independent name, from Eleonora/Helena
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nel has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
163 people · the #29,376 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 40
Among people named Nel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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