Nader — #11100 US boys' name
1,542 babies named Nader in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Nader was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Nader in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nader
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,542 babies named Nader between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nader currently holds the #11100 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nader performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nader shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nader in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nader in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,542 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nader at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nader popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (1990)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #11100 among boys.
1,542 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 61 births in a single year.
Nader by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 397 births that decade — 26% of Nader's all-time total
Nader decade highlights
- Peak decade 397 births
- Runner-up 363 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nader's strongest decade
397 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Nader by state
Where Nader concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 249 | 16.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 72 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 66 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 34 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 11 | 0.7% |
249 of 1,542 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.