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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Nature

Nature was the 2602nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 67 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,981 places. More babies were named Nature in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,602 girls, up 721 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
67girls
Girls and boys
75% girls, 25% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202567 babies
Total since 1880
849babies recorded

Nature popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#2,602#6,6986713
2020#3,323#5,3984717
2010#19,033—5—
2000#6,715#8,843167
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1980#7,196—9—
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How popular is Nature, counting every spelling?

Nature has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Nature?

67 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nature (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nature born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 125 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nature.

Chance of another Nature in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inSouth Carolinaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Nature?

About 600 people born in the US named Nature are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 22. That makes Nature a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Nature by state

How common Nature was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMD0.07Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesSC0.19District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesGA0.05Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Nature, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Nature: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nature, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Nature

How popular is the name Nature?

Nature was the 2602nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 67 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,981 places. More babies were named Nature in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Nature a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 75% girls, 25% boys given the name Nature in the US.

Where is Nature most popular?

In 2021–2025, Nature was most common in South Carolina (0.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Georgia.