Nelda
Girl · NEL-da
Nelda is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Nelda come from?
Older American name of uncertain origin, perhaps from Nell
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- NEL-da
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Is Nelda a girl's or a boy's name?
Nelda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nelda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Nelda, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1938, with 567 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Nelda in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nelda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 85 | #1,292 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 90 | #1,176 |
| 1968 | 95 | #1,090 |
| 1967 | 94 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 101 | #1,031 |
| 1965 | 130 | #876 |
| 1964 | 165 | #815 |
| 1963 | 168 | #801 |
| 1962 | 186 | #763 |
| 1961 | 224 | #701 |
| 1960 | 235 | #661 |
| 1959 | 222 | #671 |
| 1958 | 242 | #631 |
| 1957 | 284 | #573 |
| 1956 | 280 | #559 |
| 1955 | 361 | #475 |
| 1954 | 350 | #476 |
| 1953 | 318 | #484 |
| 1952 | 387 | #435 |
| 1951 | 392 | #422 |
| 1950 | 375 | #413 |
| 1949 | 447 | #370 |
| 1948 | 490 | #350 |
| 1947 | 468 | #371 |
| 1946 | 521 | #327 |
| 1945 | 451 | #319 |
| 1944 | 435 | #326 |
| 1943 | 500 | #311 |
| 1942 | 464 | #321 |
| 1941 | 554 | #270 |
| 1940 | 540 | #267 |
| 1939 | 546 | #264 |
| 1938 | 567 | #266 |
| 1937 | 526 | #274 |
| 1936 | 524 | #265 |
| 1935 | 473 | #281 |
| 1934 | 493 | #277 |
| 1933 | 476 | #277 |
| 1932 | 468 | #287 |
| 1931 | 424 | #310 |
| 1930 | 434 | #317 |
| 1929 | 376 | #332 |
| 1928 | 440 | #312 |
| 1927 | 436 | #320 |
| 1926 | 349 | #357 |
| 1925 | 315 | #384 |
| 1924 | 312 | #388 |
| 1923 | 238 | #439 |
| 1922 | 251 | #415 |
| 1921 | 229 | #459 |
| 1920 | 224 | #451 |
| 1919 | 154 | #554 |
| 1918 | 164 | #549 |
| 1917 | 177 | #494 |
| 1916 | 158 | #522 |
| 1915 | 146 | #518 |
| 1914 | 117 | #518 |
| 1913 | 75 | #594 |
| 1912 | 63 | #620 |
| 1911 | 47 | #624 |
| 1910 | 29 | #794 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 25 | #749 |
| 1906 | 37 | #578 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 19 | #837 |
| 1903 | 16 | #862 |
| 1902 | 18 | #818 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 27 | #688 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,047 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
Nicknames for Nelda
- Nell 114 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nelda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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