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.

Nubia

#3,957 most common girls' name of all time · #6,769 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#3,957
Rank overall
#6,769 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
2,406
Since 2016
487
Peak year
1993 #1,773
Best rank
#1,773 1993
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
198020002020

Nubia first appears in 1969. 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
2025 26 — 26 #5,019
2024 34 — 34 #4,231
2023 62 — 62 #2,776
2022 47 — 47 #3,387
2021 42 — 42 #3,634
2020 67 — 67 #2,565
2019 53 — 53 #3,064
2018 54 — 54 #3,026
2017 56 — 56 #2,942
2016 46 — 46 #3,425
2015 44 — 44 #3,563
2014 30 — 30 #4,694
2013 32 — 32 #4,460
2012 35 — 35 #4,246
2011 40 — 40 #3,802
2010 37 — 37 #4,055
2009 53 — 53 #3,168
2008 51 — 51 #3,292
2007 62 — 62 #2,907
2006 52 — 52 #3,200
2005 70 — 70 #2,489
2004 63 — 63 #2,635
2003 59 — 59 #2,688
2002 59 — 59 #2,626
2001 55 — 55 #2,720
2000 66 — 66 #2,356
1999 50 — 50 #2,762
1998 52 — 52 #2,631
1997 47 — 47 #2,680
1996 52 — 52 #2,467
1995 44 — 44 #2,772
1994 58 — 58 #2,278
1993 83 — 83 #1,773
1992 55 — 55 #2,378
1991 54 — 54 #2,378
1990 35 — 35 #3,203
1989 37 — 37 #2,972
1988 41 — 41 #2,636
1987 25 — 25 #3,600
1986 34 — 34 #2,828
1985 36 — 36 #2,692
1984 45 — 45 #2,214
1983 38 — 38 #2,467
1982 51 — 51 #2,045
1981 55 — 55 #1,957
1980 38 — 38 #2,534
1979 29 — 29 #2,987
1978 37 — 37 #2,424
1977 29 — 29 #2,825
1976 28 — 28 #2,786
1975 19 — 19 #3,613
1974 17 — 17 #3,841
1973 11 — 11 #5,141
1970 5 — 5 #8,953
1969 6 — 6 #7,423