Nelda
Nelda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 264th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1938567 births
- Best rank
- #264in 1939
- Since 1884
- 20,129people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,129 girls have been named Nelda in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1938, with 567 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 567 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1930s alone account for 24%. It has spent 66 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nelda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | |
| 1890s | 74 | |
| 1900s | 235 | |
| 1910s | 1,130 | |
| 1920s | 3,170 | |
| 1930s | 4,931 | |
| 1940s | 4,870 | |
| 1950s | 3,211 | |
| 1960s | 1,488 | |
| 1970s | 536 | |
| 1980s | 254 | |
| 1990s | 99 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
In 1938, its biggest year
Nelda was the 266th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1938 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1938.
Names that rose and fell with Nelda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arlenepeak 1934
- Earnestinepeak 1944
- Earlenepeak 1947
- Phyllispeak 1947
- Tommyepeak 1942
- Pearlenepeak 1938
- Delorispeak 1947
- Gearldinepeak 1935
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.