Nelda is an established girls' name that peaked in 1938 and has since faded.
Nelda is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,906 for girl births in the United States (and #16,818 across all names), given to 10 babies. Nelda was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1938 (567 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #9,906 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,387 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #13,198 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | #15,077 | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #15,143 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #17,707 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #15,879 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,470 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #17,010 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #12,143 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,692 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #18,037 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #10,219 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,357 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #13,078 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,764 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | #10,090 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #12,016 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #8,829 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #6,637 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,537 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,597 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #8,509 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #6,542 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | — | #9,966 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #11,019 | — |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,859 | — |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #5,509 | — |
| 1987 | 25 | — | #3,596 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #8,252 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #4,586 | — |
| 1984 | 27 | — | #3,207 | — |
| 1983 | 29 | — | #2,958 | — |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #2,315 | — |
| 1981 | 32 | — | #2,829 | — |
| 1980 | 32 | — | #2,843 | — |
| 1979 | 45 | — | #2,207 | — |
| 1978 | 37 | — | #2,415 | — |
| 1977 | 38 | — | #2,364 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | — | #2,089 | — |
| 1975 | 56 | — | #1,702 | — |
| 1974 | 54 | — | #1,700 | — |
| 1973 | 42 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1972 | 63 | — | #1,514 | — |
| 1971 | 85 | — | #1,297 | — |
| 1970 | 74 | — | #1,417 | — |
| 1969 | 90 | — | #1,180 | — |
| 1968 | 95 | — | #1,096 | — |
| 1967 | 94 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1966 | 101 | — | #1,038 | — |
| 1965 | 130 | — | #877 | — |
| 1964 | 165 | — | #818 | — |
| 1963 | 168 | — | #802 | — |
| 1962 | 186 | — | #764 | — |
| 1961 | 224 | — | #702 | — |
| 1960 | 235 | — | #662 | — |
| 1959 | 222 | — | #671 | — |
| 1958 | 242 | — | #632 | — |
| 1957 | 284 | — | #574 | — |
| 1956 | 280 | — | #562 | — |
| 1955 | 361 | — | #476 | — |
| 1954 | 350 | — | #477 | — |
| 1953 | 318 | — | #486 | — |
| 1952 | 387 | — | #436 | — |
| 1951 | 392 | — | #423 | — |
| 1950 | 375 | — | #414 | — |
| 1949 | 447 | — | #371 | — |
| 1948 | 490 | — | #350 | — |
| 1947 | 468 | — | #371 | — |
| 1946 | 521 | — | #327 | — |
| 1945 | 451 | — | #320 | — |
| 1944 | 435 | — | #327 | — |
| 1943 | 500 | — | #312 | — |
| 1942 | 464 | — | #322 | — |
| 1941 | 554 | — | #271 | — |
| 1940 | 540 | — | #268 | — |
| 1939 | 546 | — | #264 | — |
| 1938 | 567 | — | #266 | — |
| 1937 | 526 | — | #274 | — |
| 1936 | 524 | — | #265 | — |
| 1935 | 478 | — | #281 | #4,009 |
| 1934 | 493 | — | #277 | — |
| 1933 | 476 | — | #277 | — |
| 1932 | 468 | — | #288 | — |
| 1931 | 424 | — | #311 | — |
| 1930 | 434 | — | #317 | — |
| 1929 | 376 | — | #332 | — |
| 1928 | 440 | — | #312 | — |
| 1927 | 436 | — | #320 | — |
| 1926 | 349 | — | #359 | — |
| 1925 | 315 | — | #385 | — |
| 1924 | 312 | — | #388 | — |
| 1923 | 238 | — | #440 | — |
| 1922 | 251 | — | #415 | — |
| 1921 | 229 | — | #459 | — |
| 1920 | 224 | — | #451 | — |
| 1919 | 154 | — | #555 | — |
| 1918 | 164 | — | #553 | — |
| 1917 | 177 | — | #497 | — |
| 1916 | 158 | — | #522 | — |
| 1915 | 146 | — | #521 | — |
| 1914 | 117 | — | #520 | — |
| 1913 | 75 | — | #598 | — |
| 1912 | 63 | — | #628 | — |
| 1911 | 47 | — | #632 | — |
| 1910 | 29 | — | #808 | — |
| 1909 | 33 | — | #703 | — |
| 1908 | 16 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1907 | 25 | — | #756 | — |
| 1906 | 37 | — | #590 | — |
| 1905 | 25 | — | #726 | — |
| 1904 | 19 | — | #847 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | — | #888 | — |
| 1902 | 18 | — | #837 | — |
| 1901 | 19 | — | #761 | — |
| 1900 | 27 | — | #698 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | — | #1,077 | — |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,273 | — |
| 1895 | 12 | — | #968 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,208 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,478 | — |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #1,009 | — |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,123 | — |