Nelma is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Nelma is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1960. Nelma was first reported in SSA data in 1907 and peaked in 1926 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,543 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,913 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,234 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,291 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,646 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,147 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,333 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #3,004 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | #2,393 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,527 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,738 |
| 1946 | 26 | — | #1,799 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,975 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #2,482 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,986 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | #1,621 |
| 1941 | 30 | — | #1,440 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | #1,577 |
| 1939 | 30 | — | #1,371 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | #1,348 |
| 1936 | 35 | — | #1,221 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | #1,297 |
| 1934 | 37 | — | #1,183 |
| 1933 | 35 | — | #1,215 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | #1,144 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | #1,367 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,246 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | #1,151 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | #1,175 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | #1,153 |
| 1926 | 50 | — | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 45 | — | #1,156 |
| 1924 | 42 | — | #1,240 |
| 1923 | 42 | — | #1,206 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | #1,203 |
| 1921 | 34 | — | #1,399 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | #1,502 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | #1,290 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,488 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,638 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | #1,669 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,938 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,422 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,736 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,944 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,757 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,890 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,450 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,289 |