Nelda
Rank in 2025
#9457
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
10
girls 10
Peak year
1938
567 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
20,144
since 1884
Born a Nelda? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nelda was most popular in 1938, when 567 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.51 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Nelda, ranking #9457 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 58%.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 9457 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 8946 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 12243 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 13793 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 11834 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 16099 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 12056 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9479 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | 8334 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | 6392 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | 6314 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | 9336 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 26 | 3784 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 15 | 5321 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 25 | 3524 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 7749 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | 4455 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 27 | 3144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 29 | 2910 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 43 | 2288 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 32 | 2774 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 32 | 2800 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 45 | 2187 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 37 | 2390 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 38 | 2341 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | 2060 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 56 | 1689 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 54 | 1688 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 42 | 1939 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 63 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 85 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 74 | 1407 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 90 | 1176 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 95 | 1090 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 94 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 101 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 130 | 876 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 165 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 168 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 186 | 763 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 224 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 235 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 222 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 242 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 284 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 280 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 361 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 350 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 318 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 387 | 436 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 392 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 375 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 447 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 490 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 468 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 521 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 451 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 435 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 500 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 464 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 554 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 540 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 546 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 567 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 526 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 524 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 473 | 281 | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | 493 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 476 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 468 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 424 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 434 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 376 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 440 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 436 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 349 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 315 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 312 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 238 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 251 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 229 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 224 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 154 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 164 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 177 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 158 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 146 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 117 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 75 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 63 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 47 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 29 | 794 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 33 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 16 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 25 | 749 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 37 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 25 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 19 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 18 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 27 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | 1034 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | 1047 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 11 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 12 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | 1332 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 8 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 5 | 1024 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years