Baby name

Nelva

Girl

Classic name

1935 was its best year: 44 births, or 1 baby in 47,497. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 62 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

1,139births since 1880

1930sgeneration

No. 1039rank at its peak, in 1935

Where babies named Nelva are born

1935

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One letter apart

Elva 31,697
Neva 21,220
Nelda 20,139
Melva 14,155
Belva 7,960
Nella 4,374

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