Nanette

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1956 · 756 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,894
since 1892

Nanette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nanette has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #319, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024—
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021#11,1468
2020#9,54610
2019—
2018#9,80610
2017#15,9025
2016#10,8599
2015—
2014#8,96612
2013#16,5475
2012#8,20814
2011#12,1538
2010#12,2768
2009#10,67910
2008#9,47612
2007#13,9247
2006#11,4179
2005#13,0107
2004#8,71612
2003#6,88516
2002#6,69816
2001#7,31714
2000#8,53411
1999#6,48415
1998#5,79917
1997#4,66022
1996#5,53117
1995#5,22118
1994#5,98415
1993#3,87727
1992#5,05119
1991#4,65021
1990#4,52321
1989#4,02024
1988#3,80524
1987#2,49341
1986#2,11650
1985#2,13749
1984#2,26643
1983#2,02250
1982#2,02451
1981#1,64170
1980#1,62471
1979#1,37789
1978#1,29993
1977#992137
1976#1,043118
1975#815168
1974#796170
1973#664224
1972#524324
1971#512364
1970#548340
1969#522351
1968#465425
1967#441457
1966#462420
1965#406523
1964#353715
1963#347746
1962#394583
1961#346752
1960#365698
1959#383610
1958#363641
1957#331772
1956#319756
1955#344622
1954#441396
1953#404445
1952#446370
1951#402420
1950#418364
1949#516250
1948#597195
1947#606196
1946#596178
1945#658125
1944#690117
1943#731112
1942#75999
1941#633125
1940#76284
1939#70593
1938#671105
1937#74683
1936#87660
1935#77576
1934#91756
1933#75676
1932#85666
1931#89959
1930#77582
1929#88665
1928#87070
1927#83977
1926#96360
1925#87073
1924#1,47532
1923#1,84022
1922#1,19042
1921#1,66826
1920#1,70824
1919#1,52727
1918#1,53727
1917#1,65222
1916#1,86718
1915#1,80018
1914#1,81814
1913#2,5407
1912#1,71911
1911—
1910#1,9357
1909#1,6078
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905#1,9315
1904—
1903—
1902#1,5946
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897#1,3856
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892#1,4505
1891—
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Nanette! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Nanette is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedIDMontana: #210 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 896 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #306 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsMNIllinois: #323 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 2,283 girlsILWisconsin: #260 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,084 girlsWIMichigan: #266 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,817 girlsMINew York: #335 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsNYMassachusetts: #362 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,861 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedRIOregon: #307 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,714 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedSDIowa: #284 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,012 girlsIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,756 girlsINOhio: #360 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,133 girlsOHPennsylvania: #312 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsPANew Jersey: #333 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,710 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #305 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 1,828 girlsCAUtah: #123 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 448 girlsUTColorado: #326 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsCONebraska: #311 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,171 girlsNEMissouri: #354 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,823 girlsMOKentucky: #387 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,311 girlsKYWest Virginia: #317 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,177 girlsWVVirginia: #459 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,427 girlsVAMaryland: #373 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,006 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedDEArizona: #298 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsAZNew Mexico: #345 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,763 girlsNMKansas: #293 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedARTennessee: #447 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,354 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #394 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,294 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nanette, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #331 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,079 girlsDCOklahoma: #412 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,152 girlsOKLouisiana: #321 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,815 girlsLAMississippi: #300 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,747 girlsMSAlabama: #350 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,474 girlsALGeorgia: #411 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,375 girlsGAHawaii: #226 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 827 girlsHITexas: #511 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,862 girlsTXFlorida: #431 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,201 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#123 · 1 in 448
  2. Montana#210 · 1 in 896
  3. Hawaii#226 · 1 in 827
  4. Wisconsin#260 · 1 in 2,084
  5. Michigan#266 · 1 in 1,817

Best ever in a state: #122 in Utah, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#123211 in 448
Montana#21061 in 896
Hawaii#22671 in 827
Wisconsin#260191 in 2,084
Michigan#266431 in 1,817
Iowa#284121 in 2,012
Kansas#293101 in 1,718
Arizona#298101 in 1,462
Mississippi#300131 in 1,747
California#305941 in 1,828
Minnesota#306131 in 2,608
Oregon#30781 in 1,714
Nebraska#31161 in 2,171
Pennsylvania#312431 in 2,326
West Virginia#31771 in 2,177
Louisiana#321201 in 1,815
Illinois#323431 in 2,283
Colorado#326101 in 1,773
District of Columbia#33161 in 2,079
New Jersey#333211 in 2,710
New York#335671 in 2,398
New Mexico#34561 in 1,763
Alabama#350131 in 2,474
Indiana#350171 in 2,756
Missouri#354141 in 2,823
Ohio#360301 in 3,133
Massachusetts#362131 in 3,861
Maryland#373101 in 3,006
Kentucky#38791 in 3,311
North Carolina#394141 in 3,294
Georgia#411131 in 3,375
Oklahoma#41261 in 3,152
Florida#431151 in 3,201
Tennessee#44781 in 4,354
Virginia#45991 in 4,427
Texas#511271 in 3,862
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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 Nanette
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,662 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 605 spots in 1925 (#1,475 → #870)
  • Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1978 (#992 → #1,299)
Rise & fade · girls
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1956 at #319 (756 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1925–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,584
  • Highest: 1 in 2,584 girls born in 1963 were named Nanette (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #319 in 1956, was only 1 in 2,656 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Nanette (5,670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,385 (1897)#1,418
1900s19#1,594 (1902)#1,711
1910s151#1,527 (1919)#1,822
1920s491#839 (1927)#1,231
1930s756#671 (1938)#798
1940s1,481#516 (1949)#655
1950s5,396#319 (1956)#385
1960s5,670#346 (1961)#410
1970s2,027#512 (1971)#857
1980s473#1,624 (1980)#2,415
1990s192#3,877 (1993)#5,178
2000s114#6,698 (2002)#9,666
2010s71#8,208 (2012)#11,840
2020s42#9,546 (2020)#10,919

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.

Nanette in 1964

girls
#353
715 births · 1 in 2,650 girls

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #353Nanette715
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 2,650 of them was named Nanette, which outranked 95.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nanette
  1. #350Marion727
  2. #351Deirdre723
  3. #352Suzette719
  4. #353Nanette715
  5. #353Candy715
  6. #355Kerri702
  7. #355Leanne702
  8. #357Clara699

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →