How rare is the name Nelida?

4,865 people in the United States have the first name Nelida, about 1 in 62,083. It ranks #3,996 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NELIDA

#3,996

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,865
About
1 in 62,083
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,865 people named Nelida, 94.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as White and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nelida peaked in 1964, when 42 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19332024
Peak year
1964
Births that year
42
In 2024
8 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,520 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Nelida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #3,259. The largest share of babies named Nelida, 29.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#7,89235
1950s#3,841210
1960s#3,259337
1970s#4,607252
1980s#5,721235
1990s#7,753213
2000s#12,926141
2010s#22,49259
2020s#22,17133
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–6427%
Generation X 1965–8029.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1214.5%
2013 and later4.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Nelida

#3,994 Yuliya · 4,873#3,995 Kalie · 4,872#3,997 Kye · 4,864#3,997 Melonie · 4,864

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nelida, most common first.

#2,333 Nelda · 10,907#35,436 Nelita · 227

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