How Many People Are Named Nilda?
people named Nilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 132,628 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,244 babies named Nilda in Social Security records from 1911 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
118 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of BRUNILDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nilda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nilda alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nilda first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1957, to 118 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Nilda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #949, in 1957.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #949 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,225 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nilda were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nilda was given 7.7 times as often in New York, 2.7 times in New Jersey and 2.1 times in Texas.
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