first name
NONA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,601 people named Nona, 76% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 4.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nona peaked in 1950, when 360 babies got the name.
At least 16,708 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Nona by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #508. The largest share of babies named Nona, 29.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Nona is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nona has been most common in Arkansas (4.6×), Oklahoma (3.9×), and Mississippi (2.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.21×).
10,129 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.
Either side of Nona
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nona, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nona ranks #66,829 of 156,621, with 319 people. See Nona as a last name
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