Girls' name · since 1915
Guelda
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 166 babies named Guelda, peaking in 1933. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Guelda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 166 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Guelda recorded 166 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1944.
- #21,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guelda ranks #21,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Guelda's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guelda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Guelda's full recorded timeline at 1927, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1933 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Guelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1944
- Peak year (1933)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Guelda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (69 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Guelda's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Guelda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
28 births
- 1920s
1920s
69 births
- 1930s
1930s
64 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 69 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Guelda's data
- Guelda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guelda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guelda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.