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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#490 · 1 in 3,148
- Arizona#506 · 1 in 3,361
- Illinois#519 · 1 in 4,135
- Texas#763 · 1 in 6,838
- New York#1,174 · 1 in 12,843
Best ever in a state: #339 in California, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #490 | 59 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Arizona | #506 | 6 | 1 in 3,361 |
| Illinois | #519 | 18 | 1 in 4,135 |
| Texas | #763 | 19 | 1 in 6,838 |
| New York | #1,174 | 8 | 1 in 12,843 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 13,127 of them was named Nereida, which outranked 91.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,088Shellie130
- #1,088Stephani130
- #1,088Zoe130
- #1,093Nereida129
- #1,093Jaimee129
- #1,093Lindsy129
- #1,093Lissette129
- #1,099Katheryn128
- #1,099Kera128
- #1,099Lashunda128
Tied with 5 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.