Nautica — #14033 US girls' name
2,229 babies named Nautica in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Nautica was born in this single decade.
246 babies were named Nautica in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nautica
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,229 babies named Nautica between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nautica currently holds the #14033 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 246 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nautica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 991 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nautica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nautica in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nautica 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 2,229 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.
Nautica at a glance
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Current rank
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Nautica popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (1999)
- 246
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #14033 among girls.
2,229 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 246 births in a single year.
Nautica popularity over time — boys
55 total births recorded since 1996 (Nautica as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nautica accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nautica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 991 births that decade — 44% of Nautica's all-time total
Nautica decade highlights
- Peak decade 991 births
- Runner-up 957 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nautica's strongest decade
991 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Nautica by state
Where Nautica concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 268 | 12.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 156 | 7.0% |
| #3 | California | | 130 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 115 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 98 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 89 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 77 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 54 | 2.4% |
268 of 2,229 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 12.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 7.0% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nautica appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1992–2024 (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.