Nery — #3414 US boys' name
1,538 babies named Nery in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Nery was born in this single decade.
222 babies were named Nery in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nery
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,538 babies named Nery between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nery currently holds the #3414 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 222 babies received it in a single year. Nery is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 287 additional births since 1961.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nery performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 685 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 440 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nery in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nery 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 1,538 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.
Nery at a glance
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Current rank
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Nery popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2007)
- 222
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #3414 among boys.
1,538 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 222 births in a single year.
Nery popularity over time — girls
287 total births recorded since 1961 (Nery as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nery accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 685 births that decade — 45% of Nery's all-time total
Nery decade highlights
- Peak decade 685 births
- Runner-up 390 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nery's strongest decade
685 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Nery by state
Where Nery concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 440 | 28.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 162 | 10.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 40 | 2.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 32 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 26 | 1.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 13 | 0.8% |
440 of 1,538 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.6% of nationwide
- Texas 10.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Nery appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2024 (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.