Unisex name · since 1986
Nur
647 babies named Nur in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,219 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 647
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
647 babies have been named Nur since 1986, making it today's #4219 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nur has been recorded 647 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #4219 nationally and more common than 76% 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 1986 to 2025.
- #10,038 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,219 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 647 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nur ranks #10,038 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,219 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 647 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,219 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 647
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nur's 647 recorded births place it above 86.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Nur compares
647 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Nur's all-time total is 72% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nur | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 647 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nur's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nur's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 52, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nur popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Nur popularity over time - boys
216 total births recorded since 1981 (Nur as boys' name)
Nur by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (212 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Nur's strongest decade.
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Nur births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
212 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 212 births (33% of all-time use).
How Nur 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 Nur's total volume
Nur by state
Where Nur concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
25 of 647 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Nurs (25 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nur: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Nur 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.