Nan
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,274since 1880
Nan over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 |
| 1964 | #1,190 | 86 |
| 1963 | #1,003 | 113 |
| 1962 | #952 | 124 |
| 1961 | #888 | 146 |
| 1960 | #802 | 166 |
| 1959 | #755 | 181 |
| 1958 | #681 | 211 |
| 1957 | #684 | 209 |
| 1956 | #645 | 218 |
| 1955 | #575 | 253 |
| 1954 | #620 | 215 |
| 1953 | #583 | 229 |
| 1952 | #574 | 228 |
| 1951 | #552 | 233 |
| 1950 | #591 | 204 |
| 1949 | #543 | 236 |
| 1948 | #553 | 225 |
| 1947 | #520 | 255 |
| 1946 | #525 | 223 |
| 1945 | #554 | 175 |
| 1944 | #527 | 190 |
| 1943 | #508 | 216 |
| 1942 | #503 | 217 |
| 1941 | #533 | 173 |
| 1940 | #502 | 189 |
| 1939 | #474 | 197 |
| 1938 | #578 | 141 |
| 1937 | #534 | 154 |
| 1936 | #543 | 145 |
| 1935 | #523 | 151 |
| 1934 | #528 | 150 |
| 1933 | #541 | 138 |
| 1932 | #572 | 131 |
| 1931 | #578 | 130 |
| 1930 | #606 | 130 |
| 1929 | #625 | 121 |
| 1928 | #608 | 134 |
| 1927 | #696 | 109 |
| 1926 | #631 | 129 |
| 1925 | #686 | 115 |
| 1924 | #682 | 118 |
| 1923 | #666 | 125 |
| 1922 | #685 | 114 |
| 1921 | #708 | 109 |
| 1920 | #646 | 124 |
| 1919 | #651 | 114 |
| 1918 | #691 | 108 |
| 1917 | #677 | 102 |
| 1916 | #634 | 114 |
| 1915 | #685 | 93 |
| 1914 | #676 | 74 |
| 1913 | #651 | 63 |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 |
| 1911 | #641 | 45 |
| 1910 | #564 | 53 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 |
| 1904 | #430 | 56 |
| 1903 | #478 | 45 |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 |
| 1900 | #463 | 53 |
| 1899 | #433 | 45 |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 |
| 1896 | #377 | 56 |
| 1895 | #366 | 59 |
| 1894 | #390 | 52 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 |
| 1890 | #406 | 39 |
| 1889 | #346 | 52 |
| 1888 | #349 | 46 |
| 1887 | #344 | 39 |
| 1886 | #342 | 39 |
| 1885 | #365 | 31 |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 |
| 1882 | #360 | 24 |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nan was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nan is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#193 · 1 in 1,231
- Virginia#335 · 1 in 3,532
- Florida#336 · 1 in 2,471
- Massachusetts#337 · 1 in 5,877
- Alabama#340 · 1 in 2,953
Best ever in a state: #188 in Connecticut, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #193 | 5 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Virginia | #335 | 7 | 1 in 3,532 |
| Florida | #336 | 6 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Massachusetts | #337 | 5 | 1 in 5,877 |
| Alabama | #340 | 10 | 1 in 2,953 |
| Tennessee | #342 | 9 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Indiana | #347 | 7 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Ohio | #368 | 11 | 1 in 4,791 |
| Georgia | #371 | 9 | 1 in 3,528 |
| Mississippi | #406 | 6 | 1 in 3,769 |
| Texas | #420 | 19 | 1 in 3,163 |
| Pennsylvania | #425 | 11 | 1 in 6,818 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| California | #473 | 10 | 1 in 4,992 |
| Illinois | #491 | 8 | 1 in 7,033 |
| New York | #512 | 10 | 1 in 8,971 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 104 spots in 1939 (#578 → #474)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1897 (#377 → #509)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #336 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 92 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,430
- Highest: 1 in 3,430 girls born in 1889 were named Nan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #336 in 1883, was only 1 in 4,011 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 21.2% of all girls named Nan (2,181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | #336 (1883) | #361 |
| 1890s | 405 | #366 (1895) | #450 |
| 1900s | 457 | #430 (1904) | #504 |
| 1910s | 825 | #564 (1910) | #652 |
| 1920s | 1,198 | #608 (1928) | #663 |
| 1930s | 1,467 | #474 (1939) | #548 |
| 1940s | 2,099 | #502 (1940) | #527 |
| 1950s | 2,181 | #552 (1951) | #626 |
| 1960s | 877 | #802 (1960) | #1,336 |
| 1970s | 223 | #2,247 (1971) | #3,294 |
| 1980s | 121 | #3,898 (1982) | #6,243 |
| 1990s | 62 | #7,303 (1990) | #8,988 |
| 2000s | 24 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,948 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,069 (2014) | #13,069 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,592 (2022) | #13,592 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nan in 1940
girls
#502
189 births · 1 in 6,050 girls
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,050 of them was named Nan, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).