Nona
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 31 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,708since 1880
Nona over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nona has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,306 | 82 |
| 1969 | #1,234 | 82 |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 |
| 1967 | #1,060 | 96 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 |
| 1964 | #899 | 134 |
| 1963 | #980 | 118 |
| 1962 | #916 | 133 |
| 1961 | #937 | 132 |
| 1960 | #789 | 168 |
| 1959 | #735 | 190 |
| 1958 | #737 | 181 |
| 1957 | #696 | 206 |
| 1956 | #655 | 214 |
| 1955 | #666 | 197 |
| 1954 | #572 | 245 |
| 1953 | #525 | 268 |
| 1952 | #526 | 259 |
| 1951 | #471 | 314 |
| 1950 | #423 | 360 |
| 1949 | #550 | 232 |
| 1948 | #546 | 230 |
| 1947 | #571 | 223 |
| 1946 | #545 | 210 |
| 1945 | #507 | 209 |
| 1944 | #533 | 186 |
| 1943 | #542 | 192 |
| 1942 | #477 | 237 |
| 1941 | #476 | 216 |
| 1940 | #436 | 243 |
| 1939 | #442 | 233 |
| 1938 | #407 | 269 |
| 1937 | #407 | 252 |
| 1936 | #394 | 260 |
| 1935 | #411 | 250 |
| 1934 | #361 | 306 |
| 1933 | #385 | 278 |
| 1932 | #404 | 262 |
| 1931 | #398 | 269 |
| 1930 | #391 | 302 |
| 1929 | #424 | 248 |
| 1928 | #412 | 271 |
| 1927 | #429 | 259 |
| 1926 | #400 | 294 |
| 1925 | #429 | 257 |
| 1924 | #428 | 271 |
| 1923 | #405 | 275 |
| 1922 | #414 | 255 |
| 1921 | #397 | 290 |
| 1920 | #421 | 251 |
| 1919 | #425 | 235 |
| 1918 | #392 | 280 |
| 1917 | #386 | 266 |
| 1916 | #390 | 254 |
| 1915 | #387 | 242 |
| 1914 | #387 | 188 |
| 1913 | #365 | 175 |
| 1912 | #379 | 146 |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 |
| 1910 | #338 | 135 |
| 1909 | #397 | 84 |
| 1908 | #381 | 90 |
| 1907 | #351 | 101 |
| 1906 | #364 | 85 |
| 1905 | #329 | 105 |
| 1904 | #354 | 85 |
| 1903 | #365 | 77 |
| 1902 | #335 | 88 |
| 1901 | #363 | 69 |
| 1900 | #283 | 132 |
| 1899 | #286 | 104 |
| 1898 | #325 | 92 |
| 1897 | #328 | 80 |
| 1896 | #338 | 74 |
| 1895 | #338 | 71 |
| 1894 | #333 | 70 |
| 1893 | #324 | 68 |
| 1892 | #296 | 83 |
| 1891 | #296 | 71 |
| 1890 | #291 | 72 |
| 1889 | #289 | 68 |
| 1888 | #280 | 69 |
| 1887 | #360 | 36 |
| 1886 | #311 | 45 |
| 1885 | #329 | 38 |
| 1884 | #377 | 28 |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 |
| 1882 | #290 | 37 |
| 1881 | #262 | 38 |
| 1880 | #278 | 31 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nona was already there! It came in at #278, and was given to 31 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2000, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,111 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #8,362)
- 1,439 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #8,362)
- 3,074 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1950 (#550 → #423)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1965 (#899 → #1,156)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #262 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 103 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,241
- Highest: 1 in 2,241 girls born in 1899 were named Nona (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #262 in 1881, was only 1 in 2,420 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 16.0% of all girls named Nona (2,681) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 423 | #262 (1881) | #308 |
| 1890s | 785 | #286 (1899) | #316 |
| 1900s | 916 | #283 (1900) | #352 |
| 1910s | 2,017 | #338 (1910) | #386 |
| 1920s | 2,671 | #397 (1921) | #416 |
| 1930s | 2,681 | #361 (1934) | #400 |
| 1940s | 2,178 | #436 (1940) | #518 |
| 1950s | 2,434 | #423 (1950) | #601 |
| 1960s | 1,097 | #789 (1960) | #1,049 |
| 1970s | 529 | #1,306 (1970) | #1,892 |
| 1980s | 249 | #2,342 (1980) | #3,666 |
| 1990s | 184 | #4,528 (1992) | #5,311 |
| 2000s | 178 | #5,208 (2004) | #7,073 |
| 2010s | 259 | #3,996 (2016) | #5,262 |
| 2020s | 107 | #5,309 (2022) | #6,654 |
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.
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