Nelda

Girl · recorded 1884–2025

  • #9,457in 2025
  • 1 in 160,726girls in 2025
  • +85%last ten years

Most popular in 1938.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

025751418841919195519902025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 128 recorded years as a table
Nelda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188439
188748
188845
188945
189127
189342
189436
189551
189634
189747
189843
189943
190090
190179
190268
190361
190469
190586
1906125
190778
190848
190995
191073
1911112
1912113
1913120
1914154
1915148
1916151
1917164
1918142
1919136
1920187
1921186
1922209
1923197
1924250
1925259
1926294
1927366
1928382
1929337
1930385
1931398
1932439
1933472
1934472
1935451
1936504
1937494
1938514
1939498
1940472
1941459
1942344
1943358
1944328
1945345
1946332
1947264
1948289
1949261
1950219
1951218
1952209
1953169
1954180
1955185
1956139
1957139
1958120
1959110
1960116
1961111
196295
196387
196487
196574
196660
196757
196858
196953
197042
197151
197241
197329
197437
197538
197629
197725
197824
197928
198019
198119
198225
198317
198416
198510
19865
198714
19888
198914
19904
19914
19928
19936
19946
19956
19968
19976
19984
19995
20004
20014
20023
20035
20043
20054
20065
20073
20143
20153
20173
20184
20194
20224
20247
20256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nelda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
10
Rank in 2025
#9,457
How rare
1 in 160,726 girls
Since 1884
20,139

Most popular in 1938, at 514 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 85% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.