How Many People Are Named Nanette?

13,198

people named Nanette are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 25,896 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,894 babies named Nanette in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,068

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,133

See the top 100

Peak Year

1957

772 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: na-NET
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of ANNE (1).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Nanette in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Nanette alive today is about 62 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 69 in 2025.

Under 30 295
2.2%
30 to 59 3,976
30.1%
60 and over 8,927
67.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Nanette first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1957, to 772 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Nanette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #319, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #14,407.

Girls
Rank in 2025#14,407
Best rank#319 (1956)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#399 in the 1960s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Nanette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Nanette were born in California than in any other state: about 1,704 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nanette was given 4.5 times as often in Utah, 2.1 times in Hawaii and 1.8 times in California.

California 1,704
New York 1,325
Illinois 784
Michigan 784
Ohio 695
Pennsylvania 673
Texas 596
Indiana 330
New Jersey 306
Louisiana 302
Utah 294
Wisconsin 258
Florida 247
Minnesota 244
Missouri 200
Massachusetts 180
Washington 179
Virginia 142
Colorado 137
Iowa 132
North Carolina 123
Maryland 114
Oregon 97
Georgia 95
Alabama 80
Hawaii 77
Tennessee 75
Kansas 72
Kentucky 69
West Virginia 66
Arizona 66
Oklahoma 61
Connecticut 49
New Mexico 47
Mississippi 47
Nebraska 40
Arkansas 30
District of Columbia 26
Montana 22
South Carolina 20
Idaho 18
Maine 15
North Dakota 10
Nevada 5
South Dakota 4
Wyoming 4

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