How Many People Are Named Nan?
people named Nan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 74,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,274 babies named Nan in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
255 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nan in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nan alive today is about 71 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nan first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 255 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Nan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #341, in 1883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #341 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #632 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nan were born in New York than in any other state: about 359 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nan was given 2.4 times as often in Georgia, 2 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Alabama.
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