Nirvana
#5,088 most common girls' name of all time · #8,619 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among girls
#5,088
Rank overall
#8,619 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
1,646
Since 2016
930
Peak year
2022 #1,769
Best rank
#1,769 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 117/yr
Nirvana 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 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,423 |
| 2024 | 86 | 5 | 91 | #2,211 |
| 2023 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,994 |
| 2022 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,769 |
| 2021 | 81 | 7 | 88 | #2,278 |
| 2020 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,183 |
| 2019 | 93 | — | 93 | #2,046 |
| 2018 | 98 | — | 98 | #2,008 |
| 2017 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,951 |
| 2016 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,280 |
| 2015 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,463 |
| 2014 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,348 |
| 2013 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,732 |
| 2012 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,609 |
| 2011 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,500 |
| 2010 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,334 |
| 2009 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,996 |
| 2008 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,644 |
| 2007 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,250 |
| 2006 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,000 |
| 2005 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,552 |
| 2003 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,736 |
| 2002 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,603 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,393 |
| 2000 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,225 |
| 1999 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,132 |
| 1998 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,486 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,018 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,238 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,354 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,894 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,271 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,302 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,957 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,330 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,038 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,329 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,026 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,279 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,345 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,836 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,747 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,412 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,574 |