Nevada means snow-covered or snowy — from the Spanish. Nevada IS the Silver State — home to Las Vegas, the most dramatically entertaining city. The Sierra Nevada IS the most magnificently snowy mountain range. Three syllables of the Silver-State, Las-Vegas, and the most magnificently snowy mountains.
Nevada IS the Silver State — Las Vegas.The most dramatically entertaining.Sierra Nevada IS the most magnificently snowy.Three syllables with a flowing, Spanish sound: neh-VAD-ah.The meaning snowy IS naturally magnificent.
Nevada IS the Silver State — Las Vegas. Sierra Nevada IS the most magnificently snowy.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Spanish; Nevada; Sierra Nevada.
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Today
Nevada remains a beloved choice, ranking #4602 in the US. 3,858 babies have been named Nevada since 1880.
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How popular is Nevada?
2003peak year
The name Nevada reached its peak in 2003, with 60 registrations (ranked #2663). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1880. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #4602) today, averaging about 39 new babies per year. Nevada has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 3,858 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Nevada's Life Path 5 is the adventurer's number — Silver adventure. People named Nevada tend to be flowing, magnificent, and gifted at being the Silver State AND most snowy.
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