girls:
1.1k births since 1889
#4577 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1889
#6600 (15th percentile)
The name Nelva is the #6,600 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,139 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,577 (19.9% percentile) for all time with 1,139 births since 1889.
Nelva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (first recorded for girls in 1889). Birth data for Nelva is available in 62 out of the 88 years between 1889 and 1976. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Nelva reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #537) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 40 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nelva".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nelva. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.3% confident that Nelva is pronounced as NEHL-vuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEHL-vee, at 2.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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