Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nelva

#6,455 most common girls' name of all time · #10,883 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1889–1976

Rank among girls
#6,455
Rank overall
#10,883 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,139
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1935 #1,047
Best rank
#1,047 1935
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
1900192019401960

Nelva first appears in 1889. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 8 8 #6,672
1974 5 5 #8,863
1969 7 7 #6,042
1967 7 7 #5,536
1966 8 8 #4,921
1965 5 5 #6,624
1964 9 9 #4,688
1963 8 8 #4,948
1962 10 10 #4,300
1960 7 7 #5,239
1959 7 7 #5,095
1958 17 17 #2,891
1957 15 15 #3,066
1956 14 14 #3,223
1955 10 10 #3,825
1954 9 9 #4,026
1953 13 13 #3,151
1952 17 17 #2,605
1951 18 18 #2,421
1950 12 12 #3,105
1949 23 23 #2,022
1948 19 19 #2,279
1947 17 17 #2,469
1946 13 13 #2,767
1945 14 14 #2,373
1944 22 22 #1,834
1943 27 27 #1,638
1942 21 21 #1,878
1941 24 24 #1,629
1940 37 37 #1,211
1939 27 27 #1,451
1938 31 31 #1,326
1937 24 24 #1,554
1936 29 29 #1,356
1935 44 44 #1,047
1934 33 33 #1,245
1933 28 28 #1,383
1932 39 39 #1,156
1931 39 39 #1,157
1930 34 34 #1,302
1929 26 26 #1,540
1928 24 24 #1,706
1927 14 14 #2,484
1926 24 24 #1,749
1925 29 29 #1,545
1924 26 26 #1,695
1923 35 35 #1,335
1922 17 17 #2,223
1921 25 25 #1,742
1920 14 14 #2,503
1919 16 16 #2,186
1918 16 16 #2,235
1917 23 23 #1,629
1916 18 18 #1,911
1915 18 18 #1,839
1914 21 21 #1,416
1913 8 8 #2,391
1912 6 6 #2,718
1911 7 7 #2,057
1909 9 9 #1,549
1906 7 7 #1,646
1889 5 5 #1,461