Girls' name · since 1984
Nirva
Nirva has 23 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nirva currently ranks #15489 among girls' names in America, with 23 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nirva has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #15489 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #44,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,489 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nirva ranks #44,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,489 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #44,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nirva's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nirva compares
23 9th percentile among 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
Nirva's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nirva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nirva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nirva's full recorded timeline at 2022, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nirva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Nirva by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Nirva's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nirva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nirva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Nirva 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.