Nielle
Niellé is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Ouangolodougou Department in Tchologo Region, Savanes District. The border with Mali is located 30 kilometres north of town.
Meaning & Origin of Nielle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Niellé is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Ouangolodougou Department in Tchologo Region, Savanes District. The border with Mali is located 30 kilometres north of town.
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The Story of Nielle
American parents first put Nielle on the record books as a baby girl name in 2001, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 12 Nielles were born — ranking #8,472 that year. About 51% of every Nielle on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nielle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 106 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nielle
Nielle is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 106 births in the dataset. Nielle's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #8,472. Use the chart and map above to compare Nielle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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