Nerea
Girl · neh-REH-ah
Nerea is a girls' name, meaning “mine”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nerea mean?
Basque, probably from nerea 'mine'; sometimes linked to the Greek Nereids
“mine”
- Say it
- neh-REH-ah
Is Nerea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nerea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nerea in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nerea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nerea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Nerea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nerea, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nerea in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nerea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Nerea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Orla Nova Sienna Fiadh Nevaeh Elodie Kiara Imogen Aria Isla Eira