Girls' name · since 2011
Nebula
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 132 babies named Nebula, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,126 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,710 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nebula currently ranks #10710 among girls' names in America, with 132 babies recorded since 2011.
Nebula has 132 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10710 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #24,126 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,710 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 132 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nebula ranks #24,126 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,710 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,126 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,710 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nebula's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nebula compares
132 29th percentile among 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
Nebula's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nebula | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 132 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nebula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nebula's full recorded timeline at 2020, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nebula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Nebula by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (92 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Nebula's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Nebula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 92 births (70% of all-time use).
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Nebula 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.