Nevada
Nevada is given to both girls and boys: 39 girls and 13 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,818 among girls’ names and #6,699 among boys’, #5,517 among all names counting both); 3,913 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,510 Americans named Nevada and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 17 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nevada by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Nevada?
#3,818 among girls’ names, 2025
Nevada rose from #5,253 in 2015 to #3,818 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.6 to 24.3 per million.
74 babies in 1995, the peak
Nevada peaked in 1995, when 74 babies were given it (44 girls, #2,765 among girls’ names). The 52 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 70% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,818 | 13 | #6,699 |
| 2024 | 37 | #4,016 | 11 | #7,602 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,565 | 13 | #6,784 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,304 | 12 | #7,116 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,214 | 7 | #10,466 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,722 | 5 | #13,482 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,410 | 7 | #10,484 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,280 | 7 | #10,412 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,457 | 11 | #7,399 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,562 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,253 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,932 | 8 | #9,367 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,266 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,208 | 9 | #8,664 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,587 | 10 | #7,909 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,700 | 6 | #11,762 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,551 | 7 | #10,642 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,569 | 7 | #10,685 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,057 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,354 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,153 | 14 | #5,786 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,209 | 12 | #6,398 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,660 | 13 | #5,775 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,505 | 14 | #5,309 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,030 | 24 | #3,582 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,853 | 27 | #3,193 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,972 | 19 | #3,932 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,679 | 22 | #3,457 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,205 | 30 | #2,657 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,406 | 20 | #3,506 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,765 | 30 | #2,534 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,970 | 23 | #3,073 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,337 | 17 | #3,765 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,411 | 11 | #5,140 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,936 | 9 | #5,795 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,359 | 19 | #3,264 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,989 | 6 | #7,625 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,860 | 15 | #3,470 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,807 | 10 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,033 | 7 | #5,739 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,229 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,436 | 11 | #3,850 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,352 | 19 | #2,546 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,979 | 16 | #2,932 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,961 | 13 | #3,354 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,201 | 15 | #3,056 |
| 1979 | 14 | #5,013 | 17 | #2,742 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,198 | 9 | #4,063 |
| 1977 | 18 | #4,010 | 10 | #3,765 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,416 | 11 | #3,409 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,888 | 7 | #4,644 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,085 | 11 | #3,259 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,104 | 12 | #2,968 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,788 | 5 | #5,518 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,465 | 13 | #2,769 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,974 | 14 | #2,592 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,204 | 10 | #2,998 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,159 | 5 | #4,557 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,526 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,142 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,648 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,326 | 6 | #3,908 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,793 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,164 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,453 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,855 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,761 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,413 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,623 | 5 | #4,373 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,904 | 5 | #4,307 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,516 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,190 | 6 | #3,709 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,897 | 5 | #4,189 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,759 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,370 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,508 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,333 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,291 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,388 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,163 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,419 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,363 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,421 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,902 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,350 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,533 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 17 | #2,015 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 17 | #2,001 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,719 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,728 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,346 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,593 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,437 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,509 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,388 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,492 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,587 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,329 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,511 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,474 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,779 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,219 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,262 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,264 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,219 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,369 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,051 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,375 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,254 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,095 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,183 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,141 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,167 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,205 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 22 | #950 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 23 | #910 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 22 | #885 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,038 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 17 | #940 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,088 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 20 | #842 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 19 | #848 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,281 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 13 | #1,006 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,113 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 23 | #773 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 21 | #696 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 17 | #835 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 21 | #693 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,029 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 12 | #970 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 13 | #890 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 12 | #892 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 14 | #825 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 21 | #583 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 9 | #988 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 13 | #747 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 11 | #828 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 7 | #1,010 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 8 | #876 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,159 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 9 | #777 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 10 | #641 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 18 | #441 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 7 | #726 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 12 | #513 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Nevada a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,913 Americans recorded as Nevada, 82% are girls and 18% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nevada: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nevada, and how old are they?
2,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 3,913 Americans ever recorded as Nevada. The median Nevada alive today is 28 years old; half are between 17 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 2,148 people named Nevada (1,555 women and girls, 593 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,357 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 95 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 198 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 296 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 532 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 889 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 501 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nevada
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Ara | 4,866 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nevada and names like it
- Compare Nevada and AraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sNevada peaked in 1995.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nevada since 1910.
- The top names of 1995The year the most babies were named Nevada.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Nevada alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with NMost given first.