Nery
#4,214 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nery has been given to 1,850 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #4,214 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 222 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.
Babies named Nery, 2025
1 in 133,000
Nery over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nery over time
In 2025, Nery went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nery?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 133,000
- 25 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 68,300
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,214
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 91,917 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nery sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nery. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nerys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nery was born before 2008 — so the typical Nery is around 17 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 43.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 77.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,563
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 43.8% of all recorded uses (685).
Is Nery rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −778
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,408
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −172
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.96×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 11.3%
- Peak was 2007 (222)
- Years since peak
- 18
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 54.9% average annual change
Spellings of Nery
Nery is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 24.3% against Nery's 0.04%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Nery is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Nery was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 109,375 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 33,333
- 2Nevada1 in 50,000
- 3Arizona1 in 100,000
- 4Georgia1 in 100,000
- 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 6Texas1 in 100,000
- 7Florida1 in —
- 8Illinois1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nery has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Nery is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Nery was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,286,077 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nery has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Nery by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Nery
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nery
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.