Nesa — girls' name
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.
51% of everyone ever named Nesa was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nesa in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nesa
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Nesa between 1963 and 2023, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nesa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nesa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nesa 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 101 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.
Nesa at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1963
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
101 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 17 births in a single year.
Nesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 52 births that decade — 51% of Nesa's all-time total
Nesa decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nesa's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1963–2023 (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.