How rare is the name Nilda?

8,491 people in the United States have the first name Nilda, about 1 in 35,571. It ranks #2,751 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NILDA

#2,751

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,491
About
1 in 35,571
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,491 people named Nilda, 85.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nilda peaked in 1957, when 118 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112016
Peak year
1957
Births that year
118
In 2016
6 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,244 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Nilda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,873. The largest share of babies named Nilda, 44.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,39141
1920s#4,838118
1930s#3,730149
1940s#2,963253
1950s#1,873813
1960s#1,993834
1970s#2,989496
1980s#4,935292
1990s#9,531157
2000s#19,63473
2010s#34,84518
Greatest Generation 1901–274.2%
Silent Generation 1928–458.4%
Baby boom 1946–6444.4%
Generation X 1965–8027.4%
Millennials 1981–9611.3%
Generation Z 1997–124.1%
2013 and later0.2%

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

Where Nilda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nilda has been most common in New York (8.5×), New Jersey (2.9×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in California (0.16×).

2,118 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Nilda

#2,749 Dinah · 8,508#2,750 Dominik · 8,499#2,752 Deangelo · 8,489#2,752 Khanh · 8,489

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