Girls' name · since 1943
Nidia
Nidia has 2,756 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,756
- born since 1943
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nidia currently ranks #10211 among girls' names in America, with 2,756 babies recorded since 1943.
Nidia has 2,756 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10211 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, 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 1943 to 2025.
- #3,799 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,211 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,756 born since 1943
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nidia ranks #3,799 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,211 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,756 born since 1943, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,756
- born since 1943
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nidia's 2,756 recorded births place it above 94.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nidia compares
2,756 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nidia's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nidia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,756 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 92 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nidia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nidia's full recorded timeline at 1987, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 92 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nidia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 92
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Nidia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (604 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Nidia's strongest decade.
604 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Nidia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 177
1950s
177 births
- 1960s
1960s
266 births
- 1970s
1970s
419 births
- 1980s
1980s
580 births
- 1990s
1990s
604 births
- 2000s
2000s
463 births
- 2010s 158
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 77
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 604 births (22% of all-time use).
How Nidia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nidia's total volume
Nidia by state
Where Nidia concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 681 | 24.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 613 | 22.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 269 | 9.8% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 33 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
681 of 2,756 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Nidia's data
- Nidia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (604 total births); usage has since declined to 77 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nidias (681 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nidia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Nidia 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.