Girls' name · since 1968
Nereyda
1,206 babies named Nereyda in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,206
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nereyda is the #8473 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,206 recorded since 1968.
Nereyda has 1,206 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8473 as of the latest data, more common than 51% 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 1968 to 2025.
- #6,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,473 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,206 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nereyda ranks #6,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,473 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,206 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,206
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nereyda's 1,206 recorded births place it above 90.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nereyda compares
1,206 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Nereyda's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nereyda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,206 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nereyda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nereyda splits its recorded history at 1997: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nereyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Nereyda by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (363 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Nereyda's strongest decade.
363 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Nereyda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 106
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
284 births
- 1990s
1990s
363 births
- 2000s
2000s
279 births
- 2010s 104
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 363 births (30% of all-time use).
How Nereyda 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 Nereyda's total volume
Nereyda by state
Where Nereyda concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 425 | 35.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 260 | 21.6% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 10 | 0.8% |
425 of 1,206 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Nereyda's data
- Nereyda's decade-level peak was the 1990s (363 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nereydas (425 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Nereyda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Nereyda 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.