Nirvana — #2200 US girls' name
1,558 babies named Nirvana in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Nirvana was born in this single decade.
116 babies were named Nirvana in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nirvana
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,558 babies named Nirvana between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nirvana currently holds the #2200 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 116 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nirvana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 650 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nirvana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Nirvana in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nirvana 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 1,558 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.
Nirvana at a glance
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Current rank
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Nirvana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2022)
- 116
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #2200 among girls.
1,558 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 116 births in a single year.
Nirvana popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 2021 (Nirvana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nirvana accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nirvana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 650 births that decade — 42% of Nirvana's all-time total
Nirvana decade highlights
- Peak decade 650 births
- Runner-up 465 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nirvana's strongest decade
650 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Nirvana by state
Where Nirvana concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 247 | 15.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 135 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 57 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 55 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 28 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 12 | 0.8% |
247 of 1,558 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.9% of nationwide
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nirvana appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.