Nerea — #12659 US girls' name
115 babies named Nerea in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Nerea was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Nerea in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nerea
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Nerea between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nerea currently holds the #12659 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nerea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nerea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nerea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nerea 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 115 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.
Nerea at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nerea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #12659 among girls.
115 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 14 births in a single year.
Nerea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 60 births that decade — 52% of Nerea's all-time total
Nerea decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nerea's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Nerea by state
Where Nerea concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 115 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% 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, 1996–2024 (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.