How Many People Are Named Nelta?
people named Nelta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,136,155 people in the US has this name
Based on 477 babies named Nelta in Social Security records from 1915 to 1957, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nelta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nelta alive today is about 81 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 75 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nelta first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1939, to 27 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1957.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1957
🏆 Rank History
Nelta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,460, in 1939.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,460 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,120 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nelta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nelta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nelta was given about 16.6 times as often in Texas.
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