The baby name Nelda appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2003. It was most popular in 1935 with 889 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Nelda has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 20 |
| 1911 | 19 |
| 1912 | 40 |
| 1913 | 35 |
| 1914 | 79 |
| 1915 | 127 |
| 1916 | 133 |
| 1917 | 174 |
| 1918 | 158 |
| 1919 | 139 |
| 1920 | 209 |
| 1921 | 215 |
| 1922 | 263 |
| 1923 | 263 |
| 1924 | 318 |
| 1925 | 407 |
| 1926 | 455 |
| 1927 | 511 |
| 1928 | 621 |
| 1929 | 527 |
| 1930 | 621 |
| 1931 | 596 |
| 1932 | 692 |
| 1933 | 704 |
| 1934 | 533 |
| 1935 | 889 |
| 1936 | 561 |
| 1937 | 575 |
| 1938 | 578 |
| 1939 | 584 |
| 1940 | 556 |
| 1941 | 588 |
| 1942 | 376 |
| 1943 | 852 |
| 1944 | 321 |
| 1945 | 323 |
| 1946 | 385 |
| 1947 | 370 |
| 1948 | 374 |
| 1949 | 346 |
| 1950 | 398 |
| 1951 | 409 |
| 1952 | 441 |
| 1953 | 305 |
| 1954 | 352 |
| 1955 | 364 |
| 1956 | 258 |
| 1957 | 270 |
| 1958 | 208 |
| 1959 | 244 |
| 1960 | 221 |
| 1961 | 187 |
| 1962 | 322 |
| 1963 | 50 |
| 1964 | 50 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1967 | 7 |
| 1968 | 64 |
| 1969 | 57 |
| 1970 | 48 |
| 1971 | 61 |
| 1972 | 36 |
| 1973 | 27 |
| 1974 | 29 |
| 1975 | 31 |
| 1976 | 23 |
| 1977 | 21 |
| 1978 | 26 |
| 1979 | 35 |
| 1980 | 23 |
| 1981 | 20 |
| 1982 | 22 |
| 1983 | 18 |
| 1984 | 13 |
| 1985 | 36 |
| 1987 | 24 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 2003 | 12 |