Girls' name · since 1961
Kelda
Kelda has 210 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 210
- total births
- 1961–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
Kelda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 210 have been recorded since 1961.
Social Security Administration records show Kelda recorded 210 times among girls since 1961, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1990.
- 210 total births
- 1961–1990 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelda's 210 recorded births place it above 73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelda's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1990
- Peak year (1979)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kelda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kelda's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kelda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
52 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 95 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kelda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1961–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelda: Baby Name Since 1961 - 210 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelda. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kelda 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 July 2026.