Nery
Nery was the 4215th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 902nd with 222 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 171 places. More babies were named Nery in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,215 boys, up 1,411 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- 12% girls, 88% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2007222 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,850babies recorded
Nery popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,215 | — | 25 |
| 2020 | — | #5,626 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #1,922 | — | 74 |
| 2000 | #14,495 | #3,720 | 6 | 22 |
| 1990 | #9,877 | #3,560 | 8 | 17 |
| 1980 | #5,445 | — | 13 | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Nery, counting every spelling?
Nery is the most common spelling of a name family that had 30 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nery | 25 | #4,215 | 141 |
| Neri | 5 | #13,328 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nery?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nery (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nery 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nery.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nery?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Nery are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 14 and 23. That makes Nery mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Nery by state
How common Nery was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nery: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nery, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nery
How popular is the name Nery?
Nery was the 4215th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 902nd with 222 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 171 places. More babies were named Nery in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Nery a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 12% girls, 88% boys given the name Nery in the US.
Where is Nery most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nery was most common in Tennessee (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.