Nelva is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Nelva is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1976. Nelva was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1935 (44 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | — | #7,061 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #9,735 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,399 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,873 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,142 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #7,221 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,886 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,172 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,458 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #5,544 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #5,406 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | #2,935 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #3,110 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | #3,281 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,978 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #4,190 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #3,227 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #2,645 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | #2,450 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,177 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #2,050 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #2,308 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | #2,511 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,840 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,418 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | #1,851 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | #1,650 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,902 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | #1,637 |
| 1940 | 37 | — | #1,213 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | #1,461 |
| 1938 | 31 | — | #1,335 |
| 1937 | 24 | — | #1,568 |
| 1936 | 29 | — | #1,369 |
| 1935 | 44 | — | #1,050 |
| 1934 | 33 | — | #1,253 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | #1,393 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #1,154 |
| 1931 | 39 | — | #1,159 |
| 1930 | 34 | — | #1,312 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #1,547 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | #1,722 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,512 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | #1,758 |
| 1925 | 29 | — | #1,567 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,705 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,344 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,252 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #1,756 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,554 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,231 |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,265 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,639 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #1,934 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,862 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,423 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,486 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,877 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,129 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,565 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,675 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,427 |