Nelva
Nelva is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193544 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1889
- 1,139people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,139 girls have been named Nelva in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1935, with 44 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 44 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1930s alone account for 29%.
By decade
In 1935, its biggest year
Nelva was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1935 were Mary, Shirley, Barbara, Betty and Patricia. See all of 1935.
Names that rose and fell with Nelva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ardithpeak 1930
- Pearleanpeak 1939
- Erlenepeak 1930
- Arletapeak 1932
- Geraldinepeak 1930
- Eloispeak 1935
- Blondellpeak 1934
- Earlinepeak 1927
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.