Girls' name · since 1963
Nesa
101 babies named Nesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nesa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 101 have been recorded since 1963.
Nesa has 101 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2023.
- #27,034 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesa ranks #27,034 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nesa's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nesa's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2023
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Nesa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (52 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Nesa's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Nesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 52 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Nesa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nesa: 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 (~60 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, 1963–2023 (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 Nesa 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.