Girls' name · since 1935
Nerita
Since 1935, U.S. Social Security records show 14 babies named Nerita, peaking in 1935. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1935
- 1930s
- peak decade
14 girls have been named Nerita since 1935, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nerita has 14 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1935.
- #50,618 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1935
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nerita ranks #50,618 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1935, peaking in the 1930s.
- #50,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1935
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nerita's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nerita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1935
- Peak year (1935)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Nerita by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Nerita's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nerita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nerita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~0 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, 1935–1935 (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 Nerita 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.