Nero — #3787 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nero

The Social Security Administration has registered 505 babies named Nero between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nero currently holds the #3787 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nero performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nero shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nero in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nero 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 505 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.