Nelma
Nelma is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192650 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 1,229people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,229 girls have been named Nelma in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 50 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 50 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 34%.
By decade
In 1926, its biggest year
Nelma was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1926 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Nelma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ethelenepeak 1925
- Lavaughnpeak 1923
- Ardispeak 1928
- Dorispeak 1928
- Dorotheypeak 1925
- Dorthypeak 1927
- Dortheypeak 1932
- Inellpeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.