Neldon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neldon

The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Neldon between 1917 and 1957, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neldon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neldon performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Neldon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neldon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neldon 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 158 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.