Nelta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelta

The Social Security Administration has registered 477 babies named Nelta between 1915 and 1957, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nelta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nelta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelta 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 477 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.