Nana
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Nana was most popular in 2000, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,821 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,396 people named Nana.
Nana over time
How old is the name Nana?
Nana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 141 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Nana?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,396 American births named Nana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,531 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Nana in 2025?
32 American babies were named Nana in 2025, ranking #7,565 that year.
Is Nana getting more or less popular?
Nana is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 45 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -30% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Nana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Nana is a unisex name — 74.5% of the 3,396 Americans given it were girls and 25.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 50% girls and 50% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Nana?
Roughly 2,531 Americans named Nana are alive today — 75% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 27 years old, and half are between 16 and 45.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Nana is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org