Nilsa
#4,779 most common girls' name of all time · #8,109 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1946–2025
Rank among girls
#4,779
Rank overall
#8,109 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,809
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1960 #1,262
Best rank
#1,262 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 76/yr
Nilsa first appears in 1946. 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 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,202 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,274 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,137 |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,707 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,681 |
| 2019 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,606 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,375 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,113 |
| 2008 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,745 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,209 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,845 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,558 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,958 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,184 |
| 2000 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,655 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,574 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,691 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,825 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,926 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,784 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,719 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,178 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,253 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,966 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,939 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,486 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,168 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,433 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,932 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,915 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,610 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,241 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,669 |
| 1980 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,101 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,759 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,049 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,439 |
| 1976 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,830 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,719 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,654 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,880 |
| 1971 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,850 |
| 1970 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,946 |
| 1969 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,605 |
| 1968 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,722 |
| 1967 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,440 |
| 1966 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,414 |
| 1965 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,497 |
| 1964 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,590 |
| 1963 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,371 |
| 1962 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,341 |
| 1961 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1960 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,262 |
| 1959 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,433 |
| 1957 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,356 |
| 1956 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,633 |
| 1955 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,664 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,537 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,383 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,163 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,651 |