Nelda — #8940 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,129 babies named Nelda between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelda currently holds the #8940 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 567 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelda performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 4,931 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nelda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,491 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Nelda in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelda 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 20,129 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.