Nature
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- NAY-cher
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Unisex
Nature is a name of English origin, meaning “the natural world”. In 2025 it ranked 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Nature mean?
English: English word name
“the natural world”
Is Nature a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Nature has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 67 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Nature in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,583among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Nature, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. It first appears in the records in 1973. 13 boys were also named Nature in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Nature of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Nature in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84% of the babies named Nature in the US were girls.
Nature in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
Names like Nature
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Nature
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nature: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nature, updated 20 October 2026.