Nelma
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1926
50 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,229
since 1907
Born a Nelma? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Nelma was most popular in 1926, when 50 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.04 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Nelma in 2025. Not recorded since 1960.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 7 | 5168 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | 4625 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 7 | 4918 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 9 | 4069 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | 3490 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | 3955 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 3201 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 13 | 2909 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 18 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 10 | 3350 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 15 | 2637 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 26 | 1771 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | 1941 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 14 | 2401 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | 2861 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 27 | 1592 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 30 | 1418 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 25 | 1549 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 30 | 1350 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 30 | 1343 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 30 | 1330 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 35 | 1206 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 32 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 37 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 35 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 40 | 1130 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 30 | 1336 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 37 | 1232 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 42 | 1137 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 43 | 1163 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 45 | 1139 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 50 | 1054 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 45 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 42 | 1227 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 42 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 42 | 1190 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 34 | 1374 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 30 | 1470 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 36 | 1270 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | 1451 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 23 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 22 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 17 | 1883 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | 1670 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 10 | 1844 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | 2208 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | 2061 | <5 | — |
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