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How popular is the name Nirvana?

Births per year, rank history and how many Nirvanas are alive today.

Nirvana (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 31 babies were given the name, the 1081st most popular that year. It has declined since 2022; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.

The Nirvana you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Nirvanas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 370 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nirvana - on average, only one in every 852 such rooms contains a Nirvana.

How many babies are named Nirvana each year?

0102030200020201996: 41997: 151998: 51999: 42000: 82002: 82003: 62004: 42005: 52006: 32007: 72009: 42010: 132011: 62012: 132013: 92014: 132015: 152016: 202017: 282018: 282019: 202020: 152021: 172022: 312023: 212024: 102025: 11actual

Where does Nirvana rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,1261997: ranked 1,2341998: ranked 2,7011999: ranked 3,2252000: ranked 1,9952002: ranked 2,1052003: ranked 2,7272004: ranked 3,7252005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 2,8952009: ranked 4,5642010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 3,5492012: ranked 2,0952013: ranked 2,6492014: ranked 2,0582015: ranked 1,8652016: ranked 1,5712017: ranked 1,2192018: ranked 1,2002019: ranked 1,4972020: ranked 1,8462021: ranked 1,6922022: ranked 1,0812023: ranked 1,4692024: ranked 2,5752025: ranked 2,440

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Nirvana per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 31 in 2022
Nirvana: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Nirvana most popular?

Nirvana peaked in 2022, when 31 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Nirvana?

At least 370 people named Nirvana born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Nirvana?

Most living Nirvanas are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 8.

Is Nirvana becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2022 peak.






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