Nelda
#1,043 most common girls' name of all time · #1,863 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1884–2025
Rank among girls
#1,043
Rank overall
#1,863 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
20,144
Since 2016
45
Peak year
1938 #266
Best rank
#264 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 567/yr
Nelda first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,483 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,975 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,279 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,844 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,840 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,966 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,520 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,590 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,542 |
| 2006 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,445 |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,868 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,165 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,704 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,492 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,103 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,857 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,185 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,360 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,413 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,107 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,159 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,087 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,339 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,374 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,243 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,801 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,346 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,537 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,794 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,477 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,151 |
| 1983 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,920 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,294 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,785 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,805 |
| 1979 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,190 |
| 1978 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,394 |
| 1977 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1976 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,068 |
| 1975 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,693 |
| 1974 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,948 |
| 1972 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,503 |
| 1971 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,292 |
| 1970 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,409 |
| 1969 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,176 |
| 1968 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,093 |
| 1967 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,073 |
| 1966 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,034 |
| 1965 | 130 | — | 130 | #876 |
| 1964 | 165 | — | 165 | #817 |
| 1963 | 168 | — | 168 | #802 |
| 1962 | 186 | — | 186 | #764 |
| 1961 | 224 | — | 224 | #701 |
| 1960 | 235 | — | 235 | #662 |
| 1959 | 222 | — | 222 | #671 |
| 1958 | 242 | — | 242 | #631 |
| 1957 | 284 | — | 284 | #574 |
| 1956 | 280 | — | 280 | #561 |
| 1955 | 361 | — | 361 | #476 |
| 1954 | 350 | — | 350 | #477 |
| 1953 | 318 | — | 318 | #486 |
| 1952 | 387 | — | 387 | #436 |
| 1951 | 392 | — | 392 | #423 |
| 1950 | 375 | — | 375 | #414 |
| 1949 | 447 | — | 447 | #370 |
| 1948 | 490 | — | 490 | #350 |
| 1947 | 468 | — | 468 | #371 |
| 1946 | 521 | — | 521 | #327 |
| 1945 | 451 | — | 451 | #320 |
| 1944 | 435 | — | 435 | #326 |
| 1943 | 500 | — | 500 | #312 |
| 1942 | 464 | — | 464 | #322 |
| 1941 | 554 | — | 554 | #271 |
| 1940 | 540 | — | 540 | #269 |
| 1939 | 546 | — | 546 | #264 |
| 1938 | 567 | — | 567 | #266 |
| 1937 | 526 | — | 526 | #274 |
| 1936 | 524 | — | 524 | #265 |
| 1935 | 473 | 5 | 478 | #281 |
| 1934 | 493 | — | 493 | #277 |
| 1933 | 476 | — | 476 | #277 |
| 1932 | 468 | — | 468 | #288 |
| 1931 | 424 | — | 424 | #311 |
| 1930 | 434 | — | 434 | #317 |
| 1929 | 376 | — | 376 | #332 |
| 1928 | 440 | — | 440 | #312 |
| 1927 | 436 | — | 436 | #321 |
| 1926 | 349 | — | 349 | #359 |
| 1925 | 315 | — | 315 | #386 |
| 1924 | 312 | — | 312 | #388 |
| 1923 | 238 | — | 238 | #440 |
| 1922 | 251 | — | 251 | #417 |
| 1921 | 229 | — | 229 | #459 |
| 1920 | 224 | — | 224 | #451 |
| 1919 | 154 | — | 154 | #554 |
| 1918 | 164 | — | 164 | #552 |
| 1917 | 177 | — | 177 | #495 |
| 1916 | 158 | — | 158 | #523 |
| 1915 | 146 | — | 146 | #520 |
| 1914 | 117 | — | 117 | #519 |
| 1913 | 75 | — | 75 | #598 |
| 1912 | 63 | — | 63 | #626 |
| 1911 | 47 | — | 47 | #633 |
| 1910 | 29 | — | 29 | #810 |
| 1909 | 33 | — | 33 | #700 |
| 1908 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,027 |
| 1907 | 25 | — | 25 | #757 |
| 1906 | 37 | — | 37 | #592 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | 25 | #730 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | 19 | #850 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | 16 | #881 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | 18 | #841 |
| 1901 | 19 | — | 19 | #765 |
| 1900 | 27 | — | 27 | #703 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,079 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,080 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,023 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,259 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | 12 | #970 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,193 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,076 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,414 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,008 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,022 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,015 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,153 |