Nelma
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #5,168
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,229since 1907
Nelma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nelma has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,150 | 45 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,197 | 42 |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five girls were named Nelma! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1926 at #1,054 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,708
- Highest: 1 in 23,708 girls born in 1926 were named Nelma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 288,849 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 33.8% of all girls named Nelma (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 10 | #2,061 (1907) | #2,135 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,270 (1919) | #1,697 |
| 1920s | 415 | #1,054 (1926) | #1,210 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,130 (1932) | #1,255 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,418 (1941) | #2,186 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,909 (1950) | #3,763 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,168 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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