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Nelma

Girl

Short-lived name

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Nelma peaked in 1926, when 1 baby in 45,917 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 0 births a year. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 34% of all babies named Nelma since 1880 were born in the 1920s.
1,229births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 1054rank at its peak, in 1926

Where babies named Nelma are born

1926

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Names from the same era

Oretha · Margherita · Junita · Cleone · Glen · Emelda

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