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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Nelva

Nelva was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 1050th with 44 babies. More babies were named Nelva in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193544 babies
Total since 1880
1,139babies recorded

Nelva popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#5,5447
1950#3,17712
1940#1,21337
1930#1,31234
1920#2,55414
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Nelva, counting every spelling?

Nelva has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Nelva?

About 400 people born in the US named Nelva are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 69 and 85. That makes Nelva a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Nelva by state

How common Nelva was among girls born in each state in 1933–1937, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (6.1×). In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesTX0.19Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Nelva, girls, 1933–1937. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Nelva: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nelva, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Nelva

How popular is the name Nelva?

Nelva was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 1050th with 44 babies. More babies were named Nelva in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Nelva a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,139 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Nelva most popular?

In 1933–1937, Nelva was most common in Texas (0.19 per 1,000 girls).