Girls' name · since 1975
Nigeria
810 babies named Nigeria in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,360 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 810
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nigeria is the #15360 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 810 recorded since 1975.
Nigeria has 810 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15360 as of the latest data, more common than 11% 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 1975 to 2025.
- #8,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,360 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 810 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nigeria ranks #8,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,360 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 810 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,360 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 810
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nigeria's 810 recorded births place it above 88.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Nigeria compares
810 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Nigeria's all-time total is 115% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nigeria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 810 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nigeria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nigeria's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 58, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nigeria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Nigeria by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (308 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Nigeria's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nigeria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
308 births
- 2000s
2000s
299 births
- 2010s 68
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 308 births (38% of all-time use).
How Nigeria 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 Nigeria's total volume
Nigeria by state
Where Nigeria concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 43 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 38 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 37 | 4.6% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 37 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 32 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.6% |
43 of 810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Nigeria's data
- Nigeria's decade-level peak was the 1990s (308 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nigerias (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Nigeria
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Nigeria
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nigeria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Nigeria 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.