Nirvana

#2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,763
2022 · 117 births
Debut · girls
1973
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,634
since 1973

Nirvana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nirvana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,41074—
2024#2,20386#12,3495
2023#1,98499—
2022#1,763117—
2021#2,26681#9,7147
2020#2,17083—
2019#2,04393—
2018#1,99798—
2017#1,943103—
2016#2,26984—
2015#2,45674—
2014#3,32648—
2013#3,70341—
2012#3,58344—
2011#4,46632—
2010#4,30634—
2009#4,93129—
2008#5,57425—
2007#4,21336—
2006#4,95328—
2005#4,95826—
2004#7,39115—
2003#4,66827—
2002#7,44414—
2001#8,19612—
2000#5,15122—
1999#5,03921—
1998#5,36319—
1997#5,86816—
1996#6,06415—
1995#5,22118—
1994#6,67213—
1993#7,03812—
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Nirvana! It came in at #5,191, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1974–1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Nirvana is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMINew York: #1,762 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,046 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,036 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 18,667 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedHITexas: #3,252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 33,935 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Nirvana, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#1,762 · 1 in 13,046
  2. California#2,036 · 1 in 18,667
  3. Texas#3,252 · 1 in 33,935

Best ever in a state: #630 in Arizona, 2022.

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New York#1,76271 in 13,046
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Texas#3,25251 in 33,935
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See more about Nirvana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 207 spots since 2024 (#2,203 → #2,410)
  • 240 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #2,410)
  • 46 spots since 2015 (#2,456 → #2,410)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,763 (117 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 14,018
  • Highest: 1 in 14,018 girls born in 2022 were named Nirvana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 39.8% of all girls named Nirvana (651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s31#5,191 (1973)#7,287
1980s29#8,778 (1987)#9,857
1990s149#5,039 (1999)#6,305
2000s234#4,213 (2007)#5,748
2010s651#1,943 (2017)#3,009
2020s540#1,763 (2022)#2,133

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.

Nirvana in 2015

girls
#2,456
74 births · 1 in 24,123 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #2,456Nirvana74
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 24,123 of them was named Nirvana, which outranked 87.2% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nirvana
  1. #2,431Randi75
  2. #2,431Ryanne75
  3. #2,431Vianey75
  4. #2,456Nirvana74
  5. #2,456Adlee74
  6. #2,456Anderson74
  7. #2,456Avyanna74
  8. #2,471Aaralyn73
  9. #2,471Abella73
  10. #2,471Adria73

Tied with 14 names at #2,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →