Nuria

#5,863 in 2025Girls' name

The Mother of God of Núria, through Núria

Nuria has been given to 759 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #5,863 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 44 recorded.

Babies named Nuria, 2025

1 in 158,000

Nuria over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nuria: meaning, origin, and history

The Mother of God of Núria, through Núria

Catalan

What Nuria means

Nuria belongs to the name family reached through Nuria → Núria. Its meaning is “The Mother of God of Núria”.

Origin, language, and formation

Nuria is used in Spanish. Its origins include Catalan.

Nuria comes through Catalan Núria.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Núria.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Nuria is pronounced /ˈnuɾja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 759 girls were recorded with the name Nuria between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2006; its best national rank was #3,604 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,259 in 2020 to #5,863 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,193 in 2015 to #5,863 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.

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How common is Nuria?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 158,000; 21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 76,500; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #5,863; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 109,425 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nuria 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 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nuria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nurias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nuria was born before 2005 — so the typical Nuria is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 28.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 759; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 28.7% of all recorded uses (218).

Is Nuria 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: −119; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +396; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +330; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 47.7%; Peak was 2006 (44)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,604; 2006

Spellings of Nuria

Nuria is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 29.6% against Nuria's 0.04%.

Maria29.6%566,111
Julia24.9%476,250
Norma14.5%278,071
Nora10.1%193,138
Aria5.0%95,674
Lucia3.1%59,335
Nadia2.4%46,556
Nia1.3%25,422

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 Nuria is used

Across 1910–2025, Nuria was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 364,287 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2New York1 in —
3Texas1 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. Nuria has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nuria around the world

Where Nuria 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
1996–2025
#1,892
in 2025
France
1940–2025
#2,311
in 2025
Canada
2021–2024
#3,027
in 2024
South Australia
1999–2012
#871
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nuria by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #5,863
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 396
Best rank ever: #3,604; 2006
Peak year: 2006; 44 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 759
Count in 2025: 21

Names similar to Nuria

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

Nura Nuri Kyria Aaria Abria Xaria Saria Nurah Nur Zuria Auria Doria Zoria Ameria Arria Ilaria Naria Nurvi Zahria Zharia Nuriya Jabria Audria Taria

Sibling names for Nuria

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

For a sister

Taniya Jazmyne Rhianna Yahaira Jaiden Jamya Abigale Abigayle

For a brother

Keven Zakary Donavon Kale Shamar Jamarcus Gavyn Kadin

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