Recorded 2007–2022 Boys' name Peak 2008 101 births

Nussen — boys' name

101 babies named Nussen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s142010s672020s20
2010s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Nussen was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

9 babies were named Nussen in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nussen

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Nussen between 2007 and 2022, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nussen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nussen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nussen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nussen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nussen 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 101 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.

Nussen at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

101

Since 2007

16 years of records

Peak year

2008

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2007

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2022

Nussen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2007

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
9
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Nussen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
67 births that decade — 66% of Nussen's all-time total
2000s142010s672020s20

Nussen by state

Where Nussen concentrates geographically — total births since 2007

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nussen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
66 65.3%
New York share of Nussen's total US births 65.3%

66 of 101 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nussen?
101 babies have been named Nussen since 2007. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 9 births.
When was Nussen most popular?
Nussen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Nussen most popular?
The top states for the name Nussen are New York (66 births).
How long has the name Nussen been used?
Nussen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 16 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Nussen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nussy. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2007–2022 (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.