Given name & surname · also Latin
Nevada
Nevada is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “from the place covered in snow; from the state of Nevada.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “from the place covered in snow; from the state of Nevada.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Spanish naming traditions.
How it developed
From Spanish Nevada, from Spanish nevado, from Old Spanish nevado, built from Old Spanish nevar + -ado.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nevada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,913
- 723 boys · 3,190 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 74 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #3,819 for girls · #6,703 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +59%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 20% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,819 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 2003. It also appeared in 13 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,148 as a first name in 2020; 157 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nevada
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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