girls:
519 births since 1973
#5197 (9th percentile)
boys:
184 births since 2000
#4402 (4th percentile)
overall:
703 births since 1973
#7036 (9th percentile)
The name Nature is the #7,036 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 703 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 9.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,197 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 519 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,402 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 184 births since 2000.
Nature first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Nature is available in 38 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nature has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.3% of babies named Nature were girls.
For girls, Nature reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #885) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nature is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #898 (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For boys, Nature reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #908) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nature ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 56.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nature".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Nature. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Nature is pronounced as NAY-cher, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAYT-cher, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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