Girls' name · since 1923
Nava
1,513 babies named Nava in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,513
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,513 babies have been named Nava since 1923, making it today's #2224 girls' name.
Nava has 1,513 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2224 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #5,667 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,224 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,513 born since 1923
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nava ranks #5,667 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,224 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,513 born since 1923, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,224 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,513
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nava's 1,513 recorded births place it above 92.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Nava compares
1,513 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nava's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nava | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,513 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nava's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nava splits its recorded history at 2000: 86% of all births land in the more recent half, 14% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 83 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Nava by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (609 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Nava's strongest decade.
609 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Nava births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 68
1980s
68 births
- 1990s 95
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
271 births
- 2010s
2010s
609 births
- 2020s
2020s
427 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 609 births (40% of all-time use).
How Nava compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nava's total volume
Nava by state
Where Nava concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 286 | 18.9% |
| #2 | California | | 207 | 13.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 65 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 24 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 13 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
286 of 1,513 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Nava appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nava's data
- Nava's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (609 total births) through the 2020s (427) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Navas (286 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nava: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~102 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nava draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.