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Nelson

Mostly a boy name · 1% girls / 99% boys since 1880

All-time babies

80,140

since 1880

Boys rank, 2025

#824

300 babies

Peak year (boys)

1959

1,084 babies, #244

Letters

6

2 syllables

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