Girls' name · since 1991
Nygeria
171 babies named Nygeria in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
171 girls have been named Nygeria since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nygeria has been recorded 171 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2012.
- #21,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nygeria ranks #21,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nygeria's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nygeria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nygeria splits its recorded history at 2002: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nygeria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2012
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nygeria by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Nygeria's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Nygeria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Nygeria's decade-level peak was the 2000s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nygeria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1991–2012 (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 Nygeria 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.