Nature — #3085 US unisex name
572 babies named Nature in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Nature was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Nature in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nature
The Social Security Administration has registered 572 babies named Nature between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nature currently holds the #3085 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 56 babies received it in a single year. Nature is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 197 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nature performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nature shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Nature in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nature 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 572 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.
Nature at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nature popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2021)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #3085 among girls.
572 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 56 births in a single year.
Nature popularity over time — boys
197 total births recorded since 2000 (Nature as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Nature accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nature by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 259 births that decade — 45% of Nature's all-time total
Nature decade highlights
- Peak decade 259 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nature's strongest decade
259 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Nature by state
Where Nature concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 8 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 572 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.9% 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, 1973–2024 (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.