first name
NANETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,369 people named Nanette, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nanette peaked in 1957, when 772 babies got the name.
At least 16,894 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Nanette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #694. The largest share of babies named Nanette, 57.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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.
Where Nanette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nanette has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Hawaii (2.2×), and Michigan (1.9×), and least common in Arkansas (0.23×).
13,410 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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