Nero
#7,069 most common boys' name of all time · #17,760 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#7,069
Rank overall
#17,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
526
Since 2016
258
Peak year
2023 #3,129
Best rank
#2,857 1918
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Nero first appears in 1914. 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 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,722 |
| 2024 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,803 |
| 2023 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,129 |
| 2022 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,199 |
| 2021 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,442 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,031 |
| 2019 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,650 |
| 2018 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,374 |
| 2017 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 2016 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,152 |
| 2015 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,432 |
| 2014 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,084 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,492 |
| 2012 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,509 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,740 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,377 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,900 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,687 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,263 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,073 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,540 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,388 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,183 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,161 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,052 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,969 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,998 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,398 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,499 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,522 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,471 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,499 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,721 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,538 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,699 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,626 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,857 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,149 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,679 |