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

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Peak · girls
1882 · 18 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,190
since 1880

Nevada over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #431, 1882peak #2,493, 1983girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,78039#6,44613
2024#3,96337#7,25711
2023#3,52544#6,51713
2022#3,27849#6,82812
2021#4,16734#9,7147
2020#4,64828#12,0225
2019#5,30624#9,7567
2018#5,15225#9,6707
2017#4,38432#7,09511
2016#5,44524—
2015#5,12726—
2014#5,79722#8,7818
2013#5,14326—
2012#5,11427#8,1589
2011#3,55044#7,50210
2010#4,60831#10,7666
2009#4,48233#9,8647
2008#3,52946#9,8717
2007#4,94429—
2006#3,31649#4,86518
2005#3,12650#5,57814
2004#3,18048#6,13812
2003#2,63860#5,55813
2002#3,46139#5,13114
2001#3,00947#3,51224
2000#3,80833#3,15027
1999#2,93545#3,83419
1998#2,65151#3,39022
1997#3,16137#2,61330
1996#3,36134#3,40620
1995#2,73544#2,50030
1994#3,89227#3,03023
1993#4,25724#3,66117
1992#5,26718#4,87211
1991#4,80820#5,5219
1990#6,13114#3,16619
1989#4,84818#6,9416
1988#3,80524#3,35015
1987#4,66017#4,23910
1986#5,75712#5,3327
1985#4,12619—
1984#5,22213#3,70111
1983#5,14813#2,49319
1982#7,4698#2,83116
1981#3,85920#3,22113
1980#6,7899#2,96515
1979#4,84214#2,66917
1978#4,07917#3,8579
1977#3,91118#3,60610
1976#6,0489#3,26411
1975#3,77417#4,3097
1974#5,7769#3,12011
1973#3,97115#2,85712
1972#5,4809#4,9865
1971#4,31113#2,68613
1970#4,76111#2,50914
1969#6,6176#2,86110
1968#4,00012#4,1365
1967#4,30010—
1966#4,8668—
1965#5,2897—
1964#5,0088#3,6016
1963#4,5399—
1962#4,8658—
1961#4,23910—
1960#3,68812—
1959#3,61912—
1958#4,1939—
1957#3,48912#3,9935
1956#2,82617#3,9425
1955#3,37712#3,8865
1954#3,9679#3,4526
1953#2,81215#3,7985
1952#2,67116—
1951#2,31419—
1950#2,43617—
1949#3,17611—
1948#3,13711—
1947#3,24011—
1946#3,03411—
1945#2,33914—
1944#2,28715—
1943#3,2499—
1942#1,86021—
1941#2,27214—
1940#2,42412—
1939#1,94717—
1938#1,94517—
1937#1,67921—
1936#1,69120—
1935#1,33130—
1934#1,55623—
1933#1,40027—
1932#1,48826—
1931#1,37529—
1930#1,46028—
1929#1,55525—
1928#1,31034—
1927#1,48630—
1926#1,44931—
1925#1,74824—
1924#1,20643—
1923#1,24539—
1922#1,25239—
1921#1,20541—
1920#1,34934—
1919#1,04248—
1918#1,36032—
1917#1,24134—
1916#1,08742—
1915#1,17334—
1914#1,11929—
1913#1,15123—
1912#1,17820—
1911#93222—
1910#89623—
1909#86822—
1908#1,8626—
1907#92317—
1906#1,04313—
1905#82520—
1904#83719—
1903#1,2049—
1902#97213—
1901#1,06710—
1900#76023—
1899#68021—
1898#82117—
1897#68121—
1896#99911—
1895#93212—
1894#85013—
1893#86512—
1892#79614—
1891#57221—
1890#9409—
1889#72413—
1888#79311—
1887#9377—
1886#8288—
1885#1,0475—
1884#7319—
1883#61510—
1882#43118—
1881#6797—
1880#49212—
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 1900

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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s100#431 (1882)#728
1890s151#572 (1891)#814
1900s152#760 (1900)#1,036
1910s307#896 (1910)#1,118
1920s340#1,205 (1921)#1,381
1930s238#1,331 (1935)#1,587
1940s129#1,860 (1942)#2,702
1950s138#2,314 (1951)#3,170
1960s90#3,688 (1960)#4,741
1970s132#3,774 (1975)#4,695
1980s153#3,805 (1988)#5,168
1990s314#2,651 (1998)#3,920
2000s434#2,638 (2003)#3,549
2010s281#3,550 (2011)#4,963
2020s231#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 1900

girls
#760
23 births · 1 in 13,034 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #760Nevada23
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 13,034 of them was named Nevada, which outranked 65.8% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nevada
  1. #742Rosalee24
  2. #742Stephanie24
  3. #742Theodora24
  4. #760Nevada23
  5. #760Alene23
  6. #760Arrie23
  7. #760Cordia23
  8. #780Alfreda22
  9. #780Arlie22
  10. #780Delpha22

Tied with 19 names at #760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →