Girls' name · since 1917
Nerine
Nerine has 79 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nerine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 79 recorded since 1917.
Nerine has 79 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1920.
- #29,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nerine ranks #29,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #29,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nerine's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Nerine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nerine splits its recorded history at 1919: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1920 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nerine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1920
- Peak year (1917)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Nerine by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (73 births, 92% of the file).
1910s was Nerine's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 92% of all-time use.
Nerine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
73 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 73 births (92% of all-time use).
Nerine by state
Where Nerine concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
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- Nerine's decade-level peak was the 1910s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Nerines (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas 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 Nerine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1917–1920 (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 Nerine 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.