Nereyda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-RAY-dah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Nereyda is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sea nymph”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Nereyda mean?
Greek: Spanish variant of Nereida (Nereid)
“sea nymph”
From the Nereids, the sea nymphs of Greek myth, daughters of the sea god Nereus.
Is Nereyda a girl's or a boy's name?
Nereyda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nereyda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nereyda, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Nereyda in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nereyda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Nereyda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Kiara, Mckenna, Cassidy, Briana, Kiana, Fiona, Kaitlyn, Kianna, Kira, Ariana, Selena
Names related to Nereyda
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Nereyda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nereyda, updated 20 October 2026.