Nelta is a rare variant of Nelda that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Nelta is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1957. Nelta was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1939 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,880 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #5,180 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,660 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,564 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #6,285 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #6,166 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,276 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,176 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,123 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,114 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #3,179 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,592 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,594 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #2,173 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #2,320 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,285 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,629 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,944 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | #1,460 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,924 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,414 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,358 |
| 1935 | 17 | — | #1,976 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | #1,887 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #2,126 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,331 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #3,160 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,943 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #1,936 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,073 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,315 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,687 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,557 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,773 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,341 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,590 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,329 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,858 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,136 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,615 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,948 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #4,113 |