Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nana**

#3,177 most common girls' name of all time · #5,436 across all names · 26% male / 74% female · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,177
Rank overall
#5,436 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
141 of 146
All-time
3,396
Since 2016
376
Peak year
2000 #2,976
Best rank
#621 1881
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Nana first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 16 32 #6,844
2024 14 12 26 #7,607
2023 22 14 36 #5,559
2022 16 18 34 #6,998
2021 11 16 27 #8,999
2020 26 19 45 #4,884
2019 11 25 36 #9,124
2018 27 23 50 #4,895
2017 25 17 42 #5,194
2016 21 27 48 #5,991
2015 22 25 47 #5,843
2014 20 32 52 #6,220
2013 22 17 39 #5,840
2012 16 19 35 #7,467
2011 28 22 50 #4,924
2010 27 17 44 #5,113
2009 26 25 51 #5,387
2008 31 22 53 #4,771
2007 33 26 59 #4,485
2006 39 31 70 #3,857
2005 26 24 50 #4,974
2004 41 29 70 #3,571
2003 27 31 58 #4,674
2002 36 21 57 #3,657
2001 39 28 67 #3,421
2000 47 23 70 #2,976
1999 34 26 60 #3,572
1998 25 23 48 #4,374
1997 33 15 48 #3,451
1996 21 19 40 #4,747
1995 29 15 44 #3,678
1994 31 21 52 #3,547
1993 26 14 40 #3,996
1992 24 17 41 #4,242
1991 18 12 30 #5,191
1990 28 12 40 #3,725
1989 37 15 52 #2,937
1988 24 — 24 #3,815
1987 17 7 24 #4,677
1986 25 — 25 #3,467
1985 13 6 19 #5,369
1984 18 10 28 #4,175
1983 14 7 21 #4,902
1982 11 5 16 #5,937
1981 16 13 29 #4,550
1980 17 6 23 #4,346
1979 16 12 28 #4,436
1978 17 11 28 #4,091
1977 25 5 30 #3,090
1976 16 5 21 #3,979
1975 16 — 16 #3,964
1974 20 5 25 #3,322
1973 11 — 11 #4,892
1972 23 6 29 #2,909
1971 16 — 16 #3,805
1970 10 — 10 #5,084
1969 12 — 12 #4,215
1968 8 — 8 #5,171
1967 9 — 9 #4,647
1966 11 — 11 #3,980
1965 7 — 7 #5,329
1964 15 — 15 #3,396
1963 6 — 6 #5,939
1962 11 — 11 #4,034
1961 16 — 16 #3,202
1960 13 — 13 #3,530
1959 10 — 10 #4,055
1958 17 — 17 #2,876
1957 16 — 16 #2,939
1956 23 — 23 #2,333
1955 17 — 17 #2,739
1954 11 — 11 #3,513
1953 19 — 19 #2,442
1952 17 — 17 #2,595
1951 22 — 22 #2,127
1950 20 — 20 #2,191
1949 29 — 29 #1,774
1948 29 — 29 #1,743
1947 20 — 20 #2,218
1946 15 — 15 #2,503
1945 9 — 9 #3,159
1944 23 — 23 #1,749
1943 25 — 25 #1,713
1942 16 — 16 #2,228
1941 17 — 17 #2,030
1940 19 — 19 #1,857
1939 23 — 23 #1,598
1938 18 — 18 #1,884
1937 20 — 20 #1,748
1936 16 — 16 #1,962
1935 27 — 27 #1,423
1934 20 — 20 #1,711
1933 10 — 10 #2,712
1932 16 — 16 #2,054
1931 15 — 15 #2,126
1930 17 — 17 #2,037
1929 17 — 17 #2,032
1928 18 — 18 #2,044
1927 16 — 16 #2,274
1926 22 — 22 #1,840
1925 14 — 14 #2,507
1924 26 — 26 #1,687
1923 25 — 25 #1,684
1922 18 — 18 #2,120
1921 35 — 35 #1,348
1920 14 — 14 #2,479
1919 24 — 24 #1,660
1918 27 — 27 #1,543
1917 22 — 22 #1,667
1916 28 — 28 #1,385
1915 20 — 20 #1,688
1914 9 — 9 #2,455
1913 13 — 13 #1,687
1912 14 — 14 #1,489
1911 8 — 8 #1,814
1910 9 — 9 #1,666
1909 5 — 5 #2,240
1907 7 — 7 #1,677
1905 6 — 6 #1,737
1904 7 — 7 #1,521
1903 8 — 8 #1,347
1902 8 — 8 #1,348
1901 5 — 5 #1,714
1900 7 — 7 #1,586
1899 7 — 7 #1,312
1898 13 — 13 #985
1897 5 — 5 #1,588
1896 9 — 9 #1,146
1895 11 — 11 #1,012
1894 10 — 10 #1,027
1893 9 — 9 #1,051
1892 7 — 7 #1,204
1891 7 — 7 #1,131
1890 7 — 7 #1,126
1889 10 — 10 #865
1888 8 — 8 #996
1886 6 — 6 #1,030
1885 5 — 5 #1,091
1884 6 — 6 #970
1883 5 — 5 #971
1881 9 — 9 #621