How rare is the name Nana?

7,719 people in the United States have the first name Nana, about 1 in 39,128. It ranks #2,931 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NANA

#2,931

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,719
About
1 in 39,128
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,719 people named Nana, 56.3% reported their origin as Black, 21.3% as White and 12.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 69.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nana peaked in 2000, when 70 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
70
In 2025*
32 ▼54%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 3,396 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,735. The largest share of babies named Nana, 26.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,73549
1890s#1,74985
1900s#2,61353
1910s#2,926174
1920s#3,427205
1930s#3,282182
1940s#3,367202
1950s#4,288172
1960s#6,204108
1970s#5,125214
1980s#5,365261
1990s#4,630443
2000s#4,714605
2010s#6,129443
2020s#7,379200
Before 19014.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.5%
Silent Generation 1928–459.6%
Baby boom 1946–649.6%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–9615.5%
Generation Z 1997–1226.2%
2013 and later15.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Nana

#2,929 Dominga · 7,738#2,930 Jessy · 7,736#2,932 Tariq · 7,707#2,933 Leif · 7,704

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nana, most common first.

#2,583 Nan · 9,307#10,479 Naina · 1,270#11,082 Nani · 1,174#20,789 Nayna · 494#30,742 Nanna · 282#33,047 Nany · 252#33,410 Nano · 248#34,642 Nane · 235

Also a last name

As a last name, Nana ranks #32,101 of 156,621, with 770 people. See Nana as a last name

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