Nature
- #2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to girls 75.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 639since 1973
Nature over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,583 | 67 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #4,303 | 24 |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | #3,912 | 27 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
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| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Nature! It came in at #5,191, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nature is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Carolina#614 · 1 in 2,613
- North Carolina#1,138 · 1 in 6,640
- Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
Best ever in a state: #614 in South Carolina, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nature
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 498 spots since 2024 (#3,081 → #2,583)
- 698 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #2,583)
- 8,283 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #2,583)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2025 at #2,583 (67 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,989
- Highest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 were named Nature (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 51.0% of all girls named Nature (326) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49 | #4,905 (1976) | #7,066 |
| 1980s | 17 | #6,789 (1980) | #7,099 |
| 1990s | 39 | #9,802 (1997) | #11,558 |
| 2000s | 97 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,023 |
| 2010s | 111 | #4,437 (2019) | #10,694 |
| 2020s | 326 | #2,583 (2025) | #3,028 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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See where Nature ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: