Nelma
#6,136 most common girls' name of all time · #10,372 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1907–1960
Rank among girls
#6,136
Rank overall
#10,372 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,229
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #1,067
Best rank
#1,067 1926
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Nelma first appears in 1907. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,724 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,034 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,150 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,569 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,046 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,266 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,007 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,961 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,372 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,437 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,705 |
| 1946 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,788 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,964 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,455 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,945 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,616 |
| 1941 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,433 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,574 |
| 1939 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,370 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,371 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,345 |
| 1936 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,182 |
| 1933 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,217 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,366 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,249 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,156 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,176 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,158 |
| 1926 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,067 |
| 1925 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,159 |
| 1924 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,239 |
| 1923 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,211 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,206 |
| 1921 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,403 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,296 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,490 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,680 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,442 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,755 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,967 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,743 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,927 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,461 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,369 |