Nalda — girls' name
89 babies named Nalda in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Nalda was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nalda in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalda
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Nalda between 1923 and 1961, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nalda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 89 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nalda at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nalda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
89 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 15 births in a single year.
Nalda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 51 births that decade — 57% of Nalda's all-time total
Nalda decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Nalda's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.