Nana
Nana was the 7045th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 613th; the most babies were born in 2000 (47). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,072 places. More babies were named Nana in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,045 girls, down 2,073 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- 51% girls, 49% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200047 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,396babies recorded
Nana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,045 | #5,773 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,972 | #4,980 | 26 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,207 | #5,405 | 27 | 17 |
| 2000 | #3,008 | #3,605 | 47 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,787 | #4,586 | 28 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,456 | #6,009 | 17 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,298 | — | 10 | — |
| 1960 | #3,635 | — | 13 | — |
| 1950 | #2,230 | — | 20 | — |
| 1940 | #1,879 | — | 19 | — |
| 1930 | #2,088 | — | 17 | — |
| 1920 | #2,552 | — | 14 | — |
| 1910 | #1,725 | — | 9 | — |
| 1900 | #1,687 | — | 7 | — |
| 1890 | #1,168 | — | 7 | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Nana, counting every spelling?
Nana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nana?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nana (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nana?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Nana are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 20 and 54. That makes Nana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nana by state
How common Nana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Nana
How popular is the name Nana?
Nana was the 7045th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 613th; the most babies were born in 2000 (47). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,072 places. More babies were named Nana in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Nana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 51% girls, 49% boys given the name Nana in the US.
Where is Nana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nana was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 girls).