How Many People Are Named Nelda?
people named Nelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,094 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,144 babies named Nelda in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
567 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly an elaboration of NELL using the popular name suffix da.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nelda alive today is about 72 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nelda first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1938, to 567 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #264, in 1939. In 2025 it ranked #9,903.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,903 |
| Best rank | #264 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #279 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nelda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nelda was given 6.7 times as often in Texas, 3 times in Oklahoma and 2.7 times in Louisiana.
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