Nereo
Nereo is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Spanish.
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nereo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nereo is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Nereo
American parents first put Nereo on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 6 Nereos were born — ranking #8,702 that year. About 52% of every Nereo on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Nereo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 21 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nereo
Nereo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 21 births in the dataset. Nereo's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #8,702. Use the chart and map above to compare Nereo'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.