Nereida
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #5,468
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 149 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,697since 1936
Nereida over time
Rank among girls' names. Nereida has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,263 | 72 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,116 | 66 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,979 | 70 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,813 | 79 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,880 | 61 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,093 | 129 | — | |
| 1981 | #982 | 149 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,962 | 49 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,297 | 73 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,273 | 71 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,340 | 62 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,202 | 77 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,260 | 68 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nereida! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nereida is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#339 · 1 in 2,037
- Texas#711 · 1 in 5,892
- Illinois#916 · 1 in 9,394
- New York#1,167 · 1 in 12,667
Best ever in a state: #339 in California, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #339 | 89 | 1 in 2,037 |
| Texas | #711 | 21 | 1 in 5,892 |
| Illinois | #916 | 8 | 1 in 9,394 |
| New York | #1,167 | 8 | 1 in 12,667 |
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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 Nereida
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 999 spots in 1981 (#1,981 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1982 (#982 → #1,093)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1981 at #982 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1981
- Highest: 1 in 11,195 girls born in 1981 were named Nereida (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 180,021 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all girls named Nereida (799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,620 (1949) | #3,589 |
| 1950s | 509 | #1,202 (1957) | #1,535 |
| 1960s | 535 | #1,297 (1961) | #1,571 |
| 1970s | 495 | #1,584 (1970) | #1,871 |
| 1980s | 799 | #982 (1981) | #1,648 |
| 1990s | 658 | #1,813 (1990) | #2,125 |
| 2000s | 458 | #2,263 (2002) | #3,548 |
| 2010s | 145 | #4,494 (2010) | #8,772 |
| 2020s | 45 | #8,486 (2023) | #10,601 |
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.
Nereida in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 11,195 of them was named Nereida, which outranked 91.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #976Letitia150
- #976Rae150
- #976Shannan150
- #982Nereida149
- #982Jayne149
- #982Kourtney149
- #982Lila149
- #987Ginny148
- #987Jazmin148
- #987Margie148
Tied with 4 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Nereida, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Nereida6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.