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Nevada

#3,818 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Snow-capped

Nevada has been given to 3,913 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,818 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named Nevada, 2025

1 in 85,000

Nevada over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Nevada over time

In 2025, Nevada went to 75% girls and 25% boys.

18802025

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.

Nevada: meaning, origin, and history

Snow-capped

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nevada means

Nevada means “snow-capped”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,190 girls were recorded with the name Nevada between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2003; its best national rank was #441 in 1882.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,722 in 2020 to #3,818 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,253 in 2015 to #3,818 in 2025.

In the United States, 723 boys were recorded with the name Nevada between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1995; its best national rank was #2,534 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,483 in 2020 to #6,699 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Nevada?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 85,000
39 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 41,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,818
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
58,922 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nevada sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nevada. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nevadas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nevada was born before 1964 — so the typical Nevada is around 61 today.

Median birth year
1964
About 61 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
13.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
28.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,773
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2000s — 13.6% of all recorded uses (434).

Is Nevada 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
+198
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+904
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,435
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.0%
Peak was 2003 (60)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#441
1882

Spellings of Nevada

Nevada is not the most common spelling — Nevaeh is, with 56.0% against Nevada's 1.8%.

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 Nevada is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Nevada was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 359,735 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 100,000
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8Minnesota1 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. Nevada has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Nevada is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Nevada was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 119,372 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 100,000

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. Nevada has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nevada around the world

Where Nevada ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #2,973
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1979–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Nevada

People whose public names include Nevada, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Nevada by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,818
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 904
Best rank ever
#441
1882
Peak year
2003
60 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,190
Count in 2025
39

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,699
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,784
Best rank ever
#2,534
1995
Peak year
1995
30 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
723
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Nevada

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NeveahNevaehaNeviahNeveAmadaNevayaGiadaNevayahZadaLavadaNevahNadaNevaNevenaNevaehSadaRenadaVadaLevadaMawadaNeveenAlzadaNevaenLibrada

Names with a curve like Nevada

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Nevada, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LovinaDaiseyPhebeLadyAraNanaEnaMaryannaMahalaMadalineVashtiNicoletta

Sibling names for Nevada

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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