Nereida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-RAY-da
- Origin
- Greek
Nereida is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sea nymph”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nereida mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Nereid
“sea nymph”
In Greek myth the Nereids were sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus.
Is Nereida a girl's or a boy's name?
Nereida is a girls' name.
How popular is Nereida in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 149 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
Half of all the girls named Nereida in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nereida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,311 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,924 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,879 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,561 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,434 |
| 1982 | 129 | #1,093 |
| 1981 | 149 | #982 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,630 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,640 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,528 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 |
| 1961 | 73 | #1,296 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,560 |
| 1959 | 71 | #1,272 |
| 1958 | 62 | #1,339 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,259 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,228 |
| 1954 | 57 | #1,316 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,745 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
Names like Nereida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Nereida
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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, “Nereida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nereida, updated 20 October 2026.