Nesly
#14,437 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nesly has been given to 75 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #14,437 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.
Babies named Nesly, 2025
1 in 553,000
Nesly over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nesly over time
In 2025, Nesly went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nesly?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 268,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #14,437
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nesly sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nesly. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Neslys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nesly was born before 2012 — so the typical Nesly is around 13 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 45.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 70
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (32).
Is Nesly rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +194
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 75.0%
- Peak was 2007 (8)
- Years since peak
- 18
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.7% average annual change
Spellings of Nesly
Nesly is not the most common spelling — Kelly is, with 75.5% against Nesly's 0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Nesly around the world
Where Nesly ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- France1987–2025#7,313in 2025
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Nesly by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nesly
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nesly
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.