Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Nevada was most popular in 1995, when 74 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,164 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,471, with 52 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,913 people named Nevada.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Nevada is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 146 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,913 American births named Nevada between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,537 are estimated to be alive today.
52 American babies were named Nevada in 2025, ranking #5,471 that year.
Nevada is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 52 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Nevada is mostly a girl’s name — 81.5% of the 3,913 Americans given it were girls and 18.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1991 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 80% girls and 20% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,537 Americans named Nevada are alive today — 65% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 17 and 45.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org