Nelva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nelva

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,139 babies named Nelva between 1889 and 1976, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nelva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nelva performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Nelva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 152 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Nelva in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nelva 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 1,139 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.