Nilsa
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,809since 1946
Nilsa over time
Rank among girls' names. Nilsa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,361 | 66 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,491 | 43 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nilsa! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nilsa is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#391 · 1 in 3,103
- New Jersey#717 · 1 in 10,319
- Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 17,597
Best ever in a state: #360 in New York, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #391 | 47 | 1 in 3,103 |
| New Jersey | #717 | 5 | 1 in 10,319 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 17,597 |
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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 Nilsa
- 3,820 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1960 at #1,253 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,604 girls born in 1960 were named Nilsa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Nilsa (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 22 | #3,176 (1949) | #4,262 |
| 1950s | 419 | #1,281 (1959) | #1,704 |
| 1960s | 606 | #1,253 (1960) | #1,455 |
| 1970s | 349 | #1,828 (1971) | #2,408 |
| 1980s | 184 | #3,069 (1980) | #4,670 |
| 1990s | 103 | #5,181 (1991) | #7,968 |
| 2000s | 63 | #8,534 (2000) | #10,728 |
| 2010s | 25 | #10,473 (2019) | #14,469 |
| 2020s | 38 | #8,032 (2022) | #12,203 |
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.
Nilsa in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 27,741 of them was named Nilsa, which outranked 81.6% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,396Stephany62
- #1,396Tammera62
- #1,396Tiffani62
- #1,403Nilsa61
- #1,403Chantel61
- #1,403Concepcion61
- #1,403Daryl61
- #1,416Addie60
- #1,416Christel60
- #1,416Damita60
Tied with 12 names at #1,403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.