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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Nona

Nona was the 8725th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 266th; the most babies were born in 1950 (360). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,305 places. More babies were named Nona in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,725 girls, down 1,587 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
12girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1950360 babies
Total since 1880
16,708babies recorded

Nona popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#8,72512
2020#7,13816
2010#6,32921
2000#12,7837
1990#5,46917
1980#2,37941
1970#1,31382
1960#794168
1950#424360
1940#437243
1930#391302
1920#421251
1910#339135
1900#285132
1890#29372
1880#28031

How popular is Nona, counting every spelling?

Nona has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Nona?

12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nona (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nona 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nona.

Chance of another Nona in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Nona?

About 6,100 people born in the US named Nona are alive today, with a median age of 71; half are between 58 and 78. That makes Nona a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Nona by state

How common Nona 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.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Nona, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Nona: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nona, they share its era and feel.

Nona is also a nickname for Winona.

Questions about the name Nona

How popular is the name Nona?

Nona was the 8725th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 266th; the most babies were born in 1950 (360). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,305 places. More babies were named Nona in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Nona a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nona in the US.

Where is Nona most popular?

In 2021–2025, Nona was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).