Is Nirvana a boy or girl name?

Nirvana is a girl’s name. Of the 1,646 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.

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Nirvana

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Nirvana was most popular in 2022, when 117 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,233 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,314, with 74 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,646 people named Nirvana.

Nirvana over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nirvana’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nirvana a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nirvana is a girl’s name — 99.3% of the 1,646 Americans given it were girls and 0.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Nirvana

Where Nirvana is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org