Nefertari
Nefertari was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent Egyptian royal consorts. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time.
Meaning & Origin of Nefertari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nefertari was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent Egyptian royal consorts. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time.
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The Story of Nefertari
Nefertari first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 48 Nefertaris were born — ranking #3,303 that year. As of 2026, Nefertari ranks #4,805 for baby girls with 28 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 606 Nefertaris have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Nefertari
Nefertari is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 606 births in the dataset. Nefertari's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #3,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Nefertari's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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