Nelda
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 546 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,139since 1884
Nelda over time
Rank among girls' names. Nelda has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,502 | 63 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,292 | 85 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,407 | 74 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,176 | 90 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,090 | 95 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1965 | #876 | 130 | — | |
| 1964 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1963 | #801 | 168 | — | |
| 1962 | #763 | 186 | — | |
| 1961 | #701 | 224 | — | |
| 1960 | #661 | 235 | — | |
| 1959 | #671 | 222 | — | |
| 1958 | #631 | 242 | — | |
| 1957 | #574 | 284 | — | |
| 1956 | #560 | 280 | — | |
| 1955 | #476 | 361 | — | |
| 1954 | #477 | 350 | — | |
| 1953 | #485 | 318 | — | |
| 1952 | #436 | 387 | — | |
| 1951 | #423 | 392 | — | |
| 1950 | #414 | 375 | — | |
| 1949 | #370 | 447 | — | |
| 1948 | #350 | 490 | — | |
| 1947 | #371 | 468 | — | |
| 1946 | #327 | 521 | — | |
| 1945 | #319 | 451 | — | |
| 1944 | #326 | 435 | — | |
| 1943 | #311 | 500 | — | |
| 1942 | #321 | 464 | — | |
| 1941 | #270 | 554 | — | |
| 1940 | #267 | 540 | — | |
| 1939 | #264 | 546 | — | |
| 1938 | #266 | 567 | — | |
| 1937 | #274 | 526 | — | |
| 1936 | #265 | 524 | — | |
| 1935 | #281 | 473 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #277 | 493 | — | |
| 1933 | #277 | 476 | — | |
| 1932 | #287 | 468 | — | |
| 1931 | #310 | 424 | — | |
| 1930 | #317 | 434 | — | |
| 1929 | #332 | 376 | — | |
| 1928 | #312 | 440 | — | |
| 1927 | #320 | 436 | — | |
| 1926 | #357 | 349 | — | |
| 1925 | #384 | 315 | — | |
| 1924 | #388 | 312 | — | |
| 1923 | #439 | 238 | — | |
| 1922 | #415 | 251 | — | |
| 1921 | #459 | 229 | — | |
| 1920 | #451 | 224 | — | |
| 1919 | #554 | 154 | — | |
| 1918 | #549 | 164 | — | |
| 1917 | #494 | 177 | — | |
| 1916 | #522 | 158 | — | |
| 1915 | #518 | 146 | — | |
| 1914 | #518 | 117 | — | |
| 1913 | #594 | 75 | — | |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 | — | |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 | — | |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 | — | |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | — | |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 | — | |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 | — | |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 | — | |
| 1904 | #837 | 19 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 | — | |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Nelda! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nelda is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#56 · 1 in 308
- Idaho#144 · 1 in 587
- Oklahoma#164 · 1 in 758
- Louisiana#182 · 1 in 791
- Arizona#195 · 1 in 777
Best ever in a state: #51 in Texas, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #56 | 184 | 1 in 308 |
| Idaho | #144 | 6 | 1 in 587 |
| Oklahoma | #164 | 29 | 1 in 758 |
| Louisiana | #182 | 26 | 1 in 791 |
| Arizona | #195 | 5 | 1 in 777 |
| Arkansas | #200 | 20 | 1 in 948 |
| Utah | #214 | 5 | 1 in 930 |
| Colorado | #236 | 5 | 1 in 1,596 |
| Mississippi | #237 | 17 | 1 in 1,298 |
| Kentucky | #239 | 17 | 1 in 1,565 |
| Indiana | #255 | 9 | 1 in 2,527 |
| Alabama | #259 | 18 | 1 in 1,626 |
| Kansas | #259 | 7 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Missouri | #270 | 12 | 1 in 2,195 |
| West Virginia | #271 | 9 | 1 in 2,047 |
| Tennessee | #308 | 10 | 1 in 2,734 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 12 | 1 in 3,049 |
| Georgia | #339 | 10 | 1 in 3,027 |
| Virginia | #339 | 7 | 1 in 3,268 |
| Illinois | #360 | 12 | 1 in 4,202 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 6 | 1 in 11,929 |
| California | #566 | 5 | 1 in 6,984 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nelda
- 511 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #9,457)
- 5,025 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1900 (#1,034 → #688)
- Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1896 (#932 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1939 at #264 (546 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1909–1965
- Highest: 1 in 1,946 girls born in 1938 were named Nelda (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #264 in 1939, was only 1 in 2,008 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.5% of all girls named Nelda (4,931) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #937 (1887) | #968 |
| 1890s | 74 | #932 (1895) | #1,087 |
| 1900s | 235 | #578 (1906) | #769 |
| 1910s | 1,130 | #494 (1917) | #579 |
| 1920s | 3,170 | #312 (1928) | #386 |
| 1930s | 4,931 | #264 (1939) | #282 |
| 1940s | 4,870 | #267 (1940) | #323 |
| 1950s | 3,211 | #414 (1950) | #515 |
| 1960s | 1,488 | #661 (1960) | #899 |
| 1970s | 536 | #1,292 (1971) | #1,850 |
| 1980s | 254 | #2,288 (1982) | #3,875 |
| 1990s | 99 | #6,314 (1992) | #8,544 |
| 2000s | 57 | #9,671 (2003) | #12,975 |
| 2010s | 28 | #13,793 (2018) | #14,898 |
| 2020s | 28 | #8,946 (2024) | #10,215 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nelda in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,217 of them was named Nelda, which outranked 94.3% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 208,270 of them was named Nelda, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.