How rare is the name Nery?

5,900 people in the United States have the first name Nery, about 1 in 51,192. It ranks #3,507 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NERY

#3,507

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,900
About
1 in 51,192
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,900 people named Nery, 96.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% as White and 1.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 62.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nery peaked in 2007, when 233 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
233
In 2025*
25 ▼89%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,850 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nery by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,033. The largest share of babies named Nery, 56.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#15,75425
1980s#6,967174
1990s#6,042300
2000s#4,033761
2010s#6,473408
2020s#8,010177
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1256.6%
2013 and later21.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Nery

#3,505 Ephraim · 5,911#3,506 Odessa · 5,909#3,508 Simona · 5,896#3,509 Callum · 5,894

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nery, most common first.

#7,527 Neri · 2,018#23,505 Nero · 416#40,051 Nera · 187#50,999 Neary · 116#51,822 Nerry · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Nery ranks #24,173 of 156,621, with 1,080 people. See Nery as a last name

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