Nilda
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,244since 1911
Nilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Nilda has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,285 | 84 |
| 1969 | #1,531 | 60 |
| 1968 | #1,459 | 60 |
| 1967 | #1,255 | 73 |
| 1966 | #1,213 | 78 |
| 1965 | #1,129 | 88 |
| 1964 | #1,182 | 87 |
| 1963 | #1,119 | 95 |
| 1962 | #1,064 | 103 |
| 1961 | #1,176 | 88 |
| 1960 | #1,063 | 102 |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 |
| 1958 | #1,045 | 100 |
| 1957 | #946 | 118 |
| 1956 | #1,076 | 91 |
| 1955 | #1,043 | 93 |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 |
| 1953 | #1,146 | 71 |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 |
| 1949 | #1,278 | 51 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Nilda! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nilda is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#428 · 1 in 3,349
- New York#549 · 1 in 4,561
- Florida#781 · 1 in 7,934
- Texas#1,074 · 1 in 13,022
- Illinois#1,164 · 1 in 17,548
Best ever in a state: #308 in New York, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #428 | 15 | 1 in 3,349 |
| New York | #549 | 31 | 1 in 4,561 |
| Florida | #781 | 6 | 1 in 7,934 |
| Texas | #1,074 | 8 | 1 in 13,022 |
| Illinois | #1,164 | 5 | 1 in 17,548 |
| California | #1,892 | 5 | 1 in 32,806 |
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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 Nilda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1957 (#1,076 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1958 (#946 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1957 at #946 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1957
- Highest: 1 in 17,329 girls born in 1957 were named Nilda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 25.7% of all girls named Nilda (834) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #2,463 (1911) | #3,459 |
| 1920s | 118 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,992 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,593 (1936) | #2,166 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,278 (1949) | #1,881 |
| 1950s | 813 | #946 (1957) | #1,131 |
| 1960s | 834 | #1,063 (1960) | #1,219 |
| 1970s | 496 | #1,285 (1970) | #1,924 |
| 1980s | 292 | #2,398 (1985) | #3,228 |
| 1990s | 157 | #4,523 (1990) | #6,165 |
| 2000s | 73 | #9,874 (2000) | #11,671 |
| 2010s | 18 | #13,448 (2010) | #14,848 |
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.
Nilda in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 20,811 of them was named Nilda, which outranked 86.3% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,278Malisa85
- #1,278Petrina85
- #1,278Winifred85
- #1,285Nilda84
- #1,285Charlette84
- #1,285Juliane84
- #1,285Kitty84
- #1,293Carmel83
- #1,293Cathrine83
- #1,293Darby83
Tied with 7 names at #1,285; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.