How Many People Are Named Nelva?
people named Nelva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 906,591 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,139 babies named Nelva in Social Security records from 1889 to 1976, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nelva in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nelva alive today is about 76 years old, and 92% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nelva first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1935, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1976.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 1976
🏆 Rank History
Nelva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,050, in 1935.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,050 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,288 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nelva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nelva were born in Texas than in any other state: about 47 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nelva was given about 15 times as often in Texas.
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