Nishelle

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Nishelle has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1989. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Nishelle, 2006

1 in 791,000

Nishelle over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nishelle: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nishelle means

Nishelle is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nishelle is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Nishelle between 1989 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1993; its best national rank was #11,405 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nishelle?

Nishelle had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nishelle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nishelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nishelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nishelle was born before 1993 — so the typical Nishelle is around 32 today.

Median birth year: 1993; About 32 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 33; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Nishelle 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (7)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,405; 1993

Spellings of Nishelle

Nishelle is not the most common spelling — Michelle is, with 90.4% against Nishelle's <0.01%.

Michelle90.4%816,510
Giselle5.6%50,186
Gisselle1.2%10,551
Richelle0.94%8,456
Nichelle0.61%5,543
Jiselle0.28%2,531
Nicholle0.20%1,837
Rashelle0.15%1,368

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.

Nishelle by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,405; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 7 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 33
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nishelle

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Narielle Brayelle Nishitha Amrielle Briyelle Seychelle Yarielle Nyielle Ariyelle Rhyelle Emrielle Astelle Nissy Naielle Zenelle Miabelle Isobelle Orielle Niyelle Tichelle Dashelle Zayelle Terrelle Jahzelle

Sibling names for Nishelle

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Kalyn Kia

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton

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