Nelida
Nelida is a name with multiple cultural origins: Literature, Spanish.
- Literature
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nelida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nelida is a name with multiple cultural origins: Literature, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Literature
- Spanish
The Story of Nelida
American parents first put Nelida on the record books as a baby girl name in 1933, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 42 Nelidas were born — ranking #1,803 that year. About 22% of every Nelida on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Nelida last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nelida
Nelida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Nelida's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #1,803. Use the chart and map above to compare Nelida'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.