Nefertiti comes from the Egyptian tradition, meaning Beauty Has Arrived.
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How popular is Nefertiti?
1980peak year
Today, Nefertiti is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7871), with only about 15 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1980, 33 babies were given the name (ranked #2780 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Nefertiti's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 880 babies have been registered as Nefertiti since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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