Girls' name · since 1969
Nefertiti
891 babies named Nefertiti in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 891
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nefertiti currently ranks #8991 among girls' names in America, with 891 babies recorded since 1969.
Nefertiti has 891 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8991 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #8,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,991 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 891 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nefertiti ranks #8,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,991 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 891 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 891
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nefertiti's 891 recorded births place it above 88.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Nefertiti compares
891 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Nefertiti's all-time total is 137% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nefertiti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 891 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nefertiti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nefertiti's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nefertiti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Nefertiti by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (212 births, 24% of the file).
1990s was Nefertiti's strongest decade.
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Nefertiti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
157 births
- 1980s
1980s
187 births
- 1990s
1990s
212 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 78
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 212 births (24% of all-time use).
How Nefertiti 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 Nefertiti's total volume
Nefertiti by state
Where Nefertiti concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 114 | 12.8% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
114 of 891 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Nefertiti's data
- Nefertiti's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (212 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Nefertitis (114 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nefertiti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Nefertiti 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.