Nell

Girl name

Nell ranks #2,179 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 9 places, 31 licensed dogs carry the name.

Nell's popularity trend

Nell's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs.

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Year	Share
2025	0.005%
2024	0.006%
2023	0.006%
2022	0.004%
2021	0.005%
2020	0.003%
2019	0.004%
2018	0.005%
2017	0.005%
2016	0.004%
2015	0.004%
2014	0.003%
2013	0.002%
2012	0.003%
2011	0.003%
2010	0.003%
2009	0.002%
2008	0.004%
2007	0.003%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 9 places

Popularity rank

#2,179

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+649

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% girls

100% girls0% boys

Where Nell shows up

Nell's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.0%
PlayfordAustralia	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Nell

Nellie Nelly Nella Nelli Nela Tinkerbell Bell Bluebell Annabell Tinker Bell Nelson Maxwell