Nilda
Nilda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 950th, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1957118 births
- Best rank
- #950in 1957
- Since 1911
- 3,244people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,244 girls have been named Nilda in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 118 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 118 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 26%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nilda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | |
| 1920s | 118 | |
| 1930s | 149 | |
| 1940s | 253 | |
| 1950s | 813 | |
| 1960s | 834 | |
| 1970s | 496 | |
| 1980s | 292 | |
| 1990s | 157 | |
| 2000s | 73 | |
| 2010s | 18 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Nilda was the 950th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Nilda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Colleenpeak 1964
- Donitapeak 1962
- Coleenpeak 1959
- Mitzipeak 1961
- Shellapeak 1959
- Doriepeak 1962
- Geripeak 1958
- Lynellpeak 1971
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.