How Many People Are Named Nesta?
people named Nesta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,046,615 people in the US has this name
Based on 207 babies named Nesta in Social Security records from 1928 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Welsh diminutive of AGNES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nesta, 36.3% were girls and 63.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nesta alive today is about 21 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nesta first appears in the records in 1928 and was given most often in 2018, to 17 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1928 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Nesta has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #7,953, in 2014. Among girls, its best rank was #2,681, in 1937.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #7,953 (2014) | #2,681 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,403 in the 2010s | #4,230 in the 1930s |
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