Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Nelda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nelda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.1% from peak

Peak era

1938

Peak rank proxy

567

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1884Peak 19382024

Peak year

1938

Decline from peak

98.1%

2024

All-time

20,129

Nelda once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1938, when 567 girls were named Nelda.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 98.1% from its peak.

All told, about 20,129 Americans have been named Nelda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.1% from peak

In 1938:567 girls named Nelda

In 2024:11 girls named Nelda

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