Nona

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
#262
1881 · 38 births
Debut · girls
1880
31 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,708
since 1880

Nona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nona has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #262, 1881girls
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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#8,36212
2024#7,25115
2023#6,68017
2022#5,30924
2021#5,39823
2020#6,92316
2019#4,77328
2018#5,31524
2017#4,81128
2016#3,99637
2015#5,28825
2014#4,89228
2013#5,31725
2012#6,11021
2011#5,93522
2010#6,18221
2009#6,09122
2008#7,07318
2007#6,09322
2006#5,90622
2005#8,33013
2004#5,20824
2003#8,50512
2002#5,89719
2001#5,82219
2000#11,8017
1999#7,23913
1998#4,95521
1997#5,01020
1996#4,88320
1995#5,43917
1994#5,44517
1993#5,67316
1992#4,52822
1991#4,65021
1990#5,28617
1989#5,28616
1988#4,49619
1987#3,85722
1986#3,89021
1985#3,98320
1984#3,99019
1983#2,51636
1982#3,53023
1981#2,77432
1980#2,34241
1979#2,52536
1978#2,85928
1977#2,00248
1976#1,93646
1975#1,98644
1974#1,56361
1973#1,85745
1972#1,45666
1971#1,42773
1970#1,30682
1969#1,23482
1968#1,26775
1967#1,06096
1966#1,25174
1965#1,15685
1964#899134
1963#980118
1962#916133
1961#937132
1960#789168
1959#735190
1958#737181
1957#696206
1956#655214
1955#666197
1954#572245
1953#525268
1952#526259
1951#471314
1950#423360
1949#550232
1948#546230
1947#571223
1946#545210
1945#507209
1944#533186
1943#542192
1942#477237
1941#476216
1940#436243
1939#442233
1938#407269
1937#407252
1936#394260
1935#411250
1934#361306
1933#385278
1932#404262
1931#398269
1930#391302
1929#424248
1928#412271
1927#429259
1926#400294
1925#429257
1924#428271
1923#405275
1922#414255
1921#397290
1920#421251
1919#425235
1918#392280
1917#386266
1916#390254
1915#387242
1914#387188
1913#365175
1912#379146
1911#40996
1910#338135
1909#39784
1908#38190
1907#351101
1906#36485
1905#329105
1904#35485
1903#36577
1902#33588
1901#36369
1900#283132
1899#286104
1898#32592
1897#32880
1896#33874
1895#33871
1894#33370
1893#32468
1892#29683
1891#29671
1890#29172
1889#28968
1888#28069
1887#36036
1886#31145
1885#32938
1884#37728
1883#30633
1882#29037
1881#26238
1880#27831
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.

See more about Nona
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s423#262 (1881)#308
1890s785#286 (1899)#316
1900s916#283 (1900)#352
1910s2,017#338 (1910)#386
1920s2,671#397 (1921)#416
1930s2,681#361 (1934)#400
1940s2,178#436 (1940)#518
1950s2,434#423 (1950)#601
1960s1,097#789 (1960)#1,049
1970s529#1,306 (1970)#1,892
1980s249#2,342 (1980)#3,666
1990s184#4,528 (1992)#5,311
2000s178#5,208 (2004)#7,073
2010s259#3,996 (2016)#5,262
2020s107#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.

Nona in 1970

girls
#1,306
82 births · 1 in 21,319 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,306Nona82
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 21,319 of them was named Nona, which outranked 86.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nona
  1. #1,293Siobhan83
  2. #1,293Sophie83
  3. #1,293Suzann83
  4. #1,306Nona82
  5. #1,306Celina82
  6. #1,306Charise82
  7. #1,306Chiquita82
  8. #1,315Alyce81
  9. #1,315Evangelina81
  10. #1,315Jade81

Tied with 8 names at #1,306; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →