Nevada
#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 81.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,190since 1880
Nevada over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,780 | 39 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 49 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,245 | 39 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,252 | 39 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,205 | 41 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #932 | 22 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #837 | 19 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 | — | |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | — | |
| 1898 | #821 | 17 | — | |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | — | |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | — | |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nevada was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nevada is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Nevada
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 183 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #3,780)
- 868 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #3,780)
- 1,347 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #3,780)
- Biggest jump: 994 spots in 1909 (#1,862 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 939 spots in 1908 (#923 → #1,862)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #431 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1886–1900
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,991
- Highest: 1 in 5,991 girls born in 1882 were named Nevada (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 13.6% of all girls named Nevada (434) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly boys until 1990, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #431 (1882) | #728 |
| 1890s | 151 | #572 (1891) | #814 |
| 1900s | 152 | #760 (1900) | #1,036 |
| 1910s | 307 | #896 (1910) | #1,118 |
| 1920s | 340 | #1,205 (1921) | #1,381 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,331 (1935) | #1,587 |
| 1940s | 129 | #1,860 (1942) | #2,702 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,314 (1951) | #3,170 |
| 1960s | 90 | #3,688 (1960) | #4,741 |
| 1970s | 132 | #3,774 (1975) | #4,695 |
| 1980s | 153 | #3,805 (1988) | #5,168 |
| 1990s | 314 | #2,651 (1998) | #3,920 |
| 2000s | 434 | #2,638 (2003) | #3,549 |
| 2010s | 281 | #3,550 (2011) | #4,963 |
| 2020s | 231 | #3,278 (2022) | #3,894 |
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.
Nevada in 1909
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#868
22 births · 1 in 15,783 girls
Top girls' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 15,783 of them was named Nevada, which outranked 65.9% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).