Nature
Feminine · “the natural world”
Nature is given to both — 639 girls and 210 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Nature descends from the Latin nasci — to be born — so nature is originally what a thing is born as.
How old is the name Nature?
Nature first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Nature is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Nature are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nature most popular?
Nature peaked in 2025, reaching #2583 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From nasci to Nature
The story of Nature
Natura meant the character a thing is born with — a person's nature — and the sense of the physical world came later; the same root gives nation, native and innate. Nature entered American given-name use recently among the word-names and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
the natural world; inborn character
From the Latin natura, from natus, the past participle of nasci, 'to be born'. The same root gives nation, native, innate and pregnant. The original sense is inborn character rather than the outdoors. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- nasci
- natura
- nature
- Nature
Related forms: Nature · Natura
Pronouncing Nature
NAY-chur
Two syllables, stress on the first. It is a homophone of the ordinary English noun.
Nicknames for Nature
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 202567 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2583reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +28.8%67 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nature in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nature in French — same name
- Natura in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: South Carolina, Georgia, New York.
Natures among us
people named Nature are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Nature
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Calie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nature's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Calie climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Calie's path sketches the road Nature is walking now.
Nature sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Nature is headed
Nature looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 22% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Nature beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nature in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That nature originally meant inborn character is a first-rate etymology.
- That nation, native and innate share the root is a genuinely good family.
- Nat is available as a short form with a real record.
- It is an ordinary English noun and reads as one.
- It is very new as a given name.
- It will be commented on constantly.
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Nature
Feminine · #2583 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Natures are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Nature are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nature in 2025?
- Nature ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nature?
- About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Nature — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nature with classmates?
- Nature will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Nature
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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