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How popular is “Nana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nana” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nana” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nana” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nana” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nana” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nana” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 100%
1930 17 0.000007646 17 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 100%
1951 22 0.000005972 22 100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 29 0.000009227 23 6 59%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 20 5 60%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 100%
1976 21 0.000006921 16 5 52%
1977 30 0.000009444 25 5 67%
1978 28 0.000008822 17 11 21%
1979 28 0.000008416 16 12 14%
1980 23 0.000006677 17 6 48%
1981 29 0.000008383 16 13 10%
1982 16 0.000004561 11 5 38%
1983 21 0.000006064 14 7 33%
1984 28 0.000008026 18 10 29%
1985 19 0.000005323 13 6 37%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 17 7 42%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 52 0.000013526 37 15 42%
1990 40 0.00001012 28 12 40%
1991 30 0.000007702 18 12 20%
1992 41 0.000010674 24 17 17%
1993 40 0.000010609 26 14 30%
1994 52 0.000013987 31 21 19%
1995 44 0.000012015 29 15 32%
1996 40 0.000010967 21 19 5%
1997 48 0.000013239 33 15 38%
1998 48 0.00001305 25 23 4%
1999 60 0.000016243 34 26 13%
2000 70 0.000018519 47 23 34%
2001 67 0.000017898 39 28 16%
2002 57 0.000015248 36 21 26%
2003 58 0.000015254 27 31 -7%
2004 70 0.00001832 41 29 17%
2005 50 0.000013004 26 24 4%
2006 70 0.000017694 39 31 11%
2007 59 0.000014759 33 26 12%
2008 53 0.000013484 31 22 17%
2009 51 0.00001335 26 25 2%
2010 44 0.000011906 27 17 23%
2011 50 0.000013669 28 22 12%
2012 35 0.00000957 16 19 -9%
2013 39 0.000010698 22 17 13%
2014 52 0.00001403 20 32 -23%
2015 47 0.0000127 22 25 -6%
2016 48 0.000013084 21 27 -13%
2017 42 0.000011744 25 17 19%
2018 50 0.000014221 27 23 8%
2019 36 0.000010372 11 25 -39%
2020 45 0.000013471 26 19 16%
2021 27 0.000007969 11 16 -19%
2022 34 0.00001005 16 18 -6%
2023 36 0.000010872 22 14 22%
2024 26 0.000007811 14 12 8%

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