Girls' name · since 1923
Nalda
Nalda has 89 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nalda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 89 recorded since 1923.
Nalda has 89 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1961.
- #28,468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalda ranks #28,468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nalda's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nalda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nalda splits its recorded history at 1935: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1935 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nalda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1961
- Peak year (1923)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Nalda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (51 births, 57% of the file).
1920s was Nalda's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Nalda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 51 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Nalda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- 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 Nalda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1923–1961 (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 Nalda 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.