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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nelda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nelda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nelda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nelda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nelda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nelda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nelda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nelda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 27 0.000059966 27 100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 100%
1906 37 0.000086358 37 100%
1907 25 0.000053718 25 100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 100%
1909 33 0.000064551 33 100%
1910 29 0.000049093 29 100%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 63 0.000063761 63 100%
1913 75 0.000065957 75 100%
1914 117 0.000082607 117 100%
1915 146 0.000079676 146 100%
1916 158 0.000081678 158 100%
1917 177 0.000088202 177 100%
1918 164 0.000075537 164 100%
1919 154 0.000072977 154 100%
1920 224 0.000098999 224 100%
1921 229 0.000098094 229 100%
1922 251 0.000109647 251 100%
1923 238 0.000103367 238 100%
1924 312 0.000131004 312 100%
1925 315 0.000135002 315 100%
1926 349 0.00015201 349 100%
1927 436 0.000187983 436 100%
1928 440 0.000194609 440 100%
1929 376 0.00017152 376 100%
1930 434 0.000195206 434 100%
1931 424 0.000201484 424 100%
1932 468 0.000221665 468 100%
1933 476 0.000238066 476 100%
1934 493 0.000237383 493 100%
1935 478 0.000228719 473 5 98%
1936 524 0.000252217 524 100%
1937 526 0.000246871 526 100%
1938 567 0.000256263 567 100%
1939 546 0.000247794 546 100%
1940 540 0.000234509 540 100%
1941 554 0.000227382 554 100%
1942 464 0.00016985 464 100%
1943 500 0.000177144 500 100%
1944 435 0.000161705 435 100%
1945 451 0.000170002 451 100%
1946 521 0.000163052 521 100%
1947 468 0.000129916 468 100%
1948 490 0.000141925 490 100%
1949 447 0.000128272 447 100%
1950 375 0.00010704 375 100%
1951 392 0.000106414 392 100%
1952 387 0.000101896 387 100%
1953 318 0.000082519 318 100%
1954 350 0.000087924 350 100%
1955 361 0.000089911 361 100%
1956 280 0.000067911 280 100%
1957 284 0.000067585 284 100%
1958 242 0.00005854 242 100%
1959 222 0.000053391 222 100%
1960 235 0.000056574 235 100%
1961 224 0.000054076 224 100%
1962 186 0.000046092 186 100%
1963 168 0.000042444 168 100%
1964 165 0.000042443 165 100%
1965 130 0.000035858 130 100%
1966 101 0.000029059 101 100%
1967 94 0.000027689 94 100%
1968 95 0.00002812 95 100%
1969 90 0.000025897 90 100%
1970 74 0.000020518 74 100%
1971 85 0.000024764 85 100%
1972 63 0.000020045 63 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 54 0.000017763 54 100%
1975 56 0.000018547 56 100%
1976 42 0.000013842 42 100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 100%
1979 45 0.000013526 45 100%
1980 32 0.00000929 32 100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 100%
1982 43 0.000012258 43 100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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