Nerida — girls' name
47 babies named Nerida in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Nerida was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nerida in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nerida
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Nerida between 1960 and 1995, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nerida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nerida performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nerida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nerida in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nerida 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 47 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.
Nerida at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nerida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1960
- Peak year (1961)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
47 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 8 births in a single year.
Nerida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 23 births that decade — 49% of Nerida's all-time total
Nerida decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Nerida's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Nerida by state
Where Nerida concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 12.8% |
6 of 47 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.8% 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, 1960–1995 (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.