girls:
1.5k births since 1973
#4269 (25th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 2021
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1973
#6267 (19th percentile)
The name Nirvana is the #6,267 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,478 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 19.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,269 (25.3% percentile) for all time with 1,471 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2021.
Nirvana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Nirvana is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 1 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 Nirvana has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nirvana reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #848) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 64 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2003, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Nirvana ranks #853 for girls (9.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 88.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nirvana reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #928) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nirvana".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nirvana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Nirvana is pronounced as nihr-VAH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ner-VAH-nuh, at 41.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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