2025 rank (girls)
#14,942
Babies named in 2025
5
Peak popularity
1902
2025 frequency
1 in 321,453 girls
Usually for
Girls
Trend
Rising since 2022
A 1900s favorite, climbing again.
Popularity of Nessie since 1902
Babies named Nessie per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1915, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Nessie's real moment was 1902.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 50 |
| 1920s | 22 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 0 |
| 1950s | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 5 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 10 |
