Name meaning & stats
Nelson
Nelson means “son of Neil”. 59,051 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“son of Neil”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
59,051 US babies were named Nelson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nelson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)