How Many People Are Named Nelma?
people named Nelma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,256,561 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,229 babies named Nelma in Social Security records from 1907 to 1960, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nelma in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nelma alive today is about 82 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 75 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nelma first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1926, to 50 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1960.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 1960
🏆 Rank History
Nelma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,064, in 1926.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,064 (1926) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,199 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nelma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nelma were born in Texas than in any other state: about 18 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nelma was given about 10.6 times as often in Texas.
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