Kelda
Kelda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kelda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kelda is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kelda
Kelda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1961, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 15 births, good for #4,626 nationwide. About 45% of every Kelda on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Kelda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 210 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kelda
Kelda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 210 births in the dataset. Kelda's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #4,626. Use the chart and map above to compare Kelda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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