Nana
Nana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 613th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200047 births
- Best rank
- #613in 1881
- Since 1881
- 3,364people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,514 girls have been named Nana in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 47 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Nana is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are boys (850), most of them born around 2014.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 85 | |
| 1900s | 53 | |
| 1910s | 174 | |
| 1920s | 205 | |
| 1930s | 182 | |
| 1940s | 202 | |
| 1950s | 172 | |
| 1960s | 108 | |
| 1970s | 170 | |
| 1980s | 192 | |
| 1990s | 269 | |
| 2000s | 345 | |
| 2010s | 219 | |
| 2020s | 89 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Nana was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Nana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Juliapeak 2001
- Ninapeak 1980
- Helenapeak 2024
- Johannapeak 1984
- Lydiapeak 2014
- Daiseypeak 2000
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Emiliepeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.