Nesbitt — boys' name
33 babies named Nesbitt in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Nesbitt was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nesbitt in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nesbitt
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Nesbitt between 1911 and 1951, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nesbitt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nesbitt performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nesbitt shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nesbitt 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 33 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.
Nesbitt at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nesbitt popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1911
- Peak year (1930)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
33 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 8 births in a single year.
Nesbitt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 10 births that decade — 30% of Nesbitt's all-time total
Nesbitt decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Nesbitt's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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, 1911–1951 (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.