Nirvana
Nirvana was the 2428th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1773rd with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 41 places. More babies were named Nirvana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,428 girls, down 240 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 74girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022117 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,646babies recorded
Nirvana popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 2021.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,428 | 74 |
| 2020 | #2,188 | 83 |
| 2010 | #4,375 | 34 |
| 2000 | #5,268 | 22 |
| 1990 | #6,370 | 14 |
| 1980 | #11,607 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nirvana, counting every spelling?
Nirvana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nirvana?
74 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nirvana (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nirvana 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 113 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nirvana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nirvana?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Nirvana are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Nirvana a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Nirvana by state
How common Nirvana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.5×). In 41 states fewer than five girls 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 Nirvana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nirvana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nirvana
How popular is the name Nirvana?
Nirvana was the 2428th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1773rd with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 41 places. More babies were named Nirvana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nirvana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nirvana in the US.
Where is Nirvana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nirvana was most common in Arizona (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.