Nelma · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nelma.

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

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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 51 recorded years as a table

Nelma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1907	16
1909	14
1910	20
1911	12
1912	18
1913	21
1914	28
1915	17
1916	21
1917	21
1918	25
1919	32
1920	25
1921	28
1922	35
1923	35
1924	34
1925	37
1926	42
1927	38
1928	37
1929	38
1930	33
1931	28
1932	37
1933	35
1934	35
1935	31
1936	34
1937	28
1938	27
1939	27
1940	22
1941	25
1942	20
1943	8
1944	11
1945	15
1946	17
1947	8
1948	6
1949	11
1950	8
1951	7
1952	6
1953	5
1954	6
1955	5
1957	3
1959	4
1960	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nelma 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 1960: 7
Rank in 1960: #5,168
How rare: 1 in 288,848 girls
Since 1907: 1,229

Nelma was last recorded in 1960. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1926, at 42 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nelma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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