Baby name

Nan

Girl

Classic name

The high point came in 1947, with 255 births and the No. 520 spot that year. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 123 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

10,274births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 520rank at its peak, in 1947

Where babies named Nan are born

1947

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The darker the blue, the more common Nan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Nan is most common in Georgia (2.4 times), Texas (2) and Alabama (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Jan 54,531
Nana 2,530
San 1,876
Van 1,762
An 1,393

Names from the same era

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