Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nesa

#24,868 most common girls' name of all time · #40,367 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1963–2023

Rank among girls
#24,868
Rank overall
#40,367 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
101
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1992 #5,600
Best rank
#5,600 1992
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
198020002020

Nesa first appears in 1963. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 6 — 6 #13,781
2000 6 — 6 #13,574
1999 6 — 6 #13,074
1998 8 — 8 #10,360
1994 8 — 8 #9,871
1992 17 — 17 #5,600
1991 13 — 13 #6,729
1987 6 — 6 #10,354
1986 5 — 5 #11,531
1985 5 — 5 #11,256
1980 6 — 6 #9,617
1970 5 — 5 #8,764
1964 5 — 5 #7,618
1963 5 — 5 #7,600