Nature**
#7,899 most common girls' name of all time · #13,202 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1973–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#7,899
Rank overall
#13,202 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
849
Since 2016
553
Peak year
2021 #2,974
Best rank
#2,592 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 83/yr
Nature first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 13 | 80 | #2,592 |
| 2024 | 52 | 12 | 64 | #3,097 |
| 2023 | 54 | 15 | 69 | #3,069 |
| 2022 | 50 | 24 | 74 | #3,251 |
| 2021 | 56 | 27 | 83 | #2,974 |
| 2020 | 47 | 17 | 64 | #3,311 |
| 2019 | 31 | 17 | 48 | #4,477 |
| 2018 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #5,863 |
| 2017 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #9,495 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #9,604 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,116 |
| 2014 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #9,684 |
| 2013 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #17,112 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,695 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,527 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,077 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,897 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,991 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #9,676 |
| 2004 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #9,475 |
| 2003 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #8,176 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #11,429 |
| 2001 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,113 |
| 2000 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #6,641 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,795 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,589 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,206 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,352 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,333 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,151 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,900 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,234 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,724 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,674 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,181 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,534 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,572 |