Girls' name · since 2012
Nymeria
194 babies named Nymeria in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nymeria currently ranks #6514 among girls' names in America, with 194 babies recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nymeria has been recorded 194 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #6514 nationally and more common than 62% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #20,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,514 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nymeria ranks #20,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,514 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 194 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nymeria's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Nymeria compares
194 36th 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
Nymeria's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nymeria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nymeria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nymeria's full recorded timeline at 2020, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nymeria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Nymeria by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Nymeria's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Nymeria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (65% of all-time use).
Nymeria by state
Where Nymeria concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 5.2% |
10 of 194 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Nymerias (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nymeria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Nymeria 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.