Girls' name · peaked in 1963
Nanette name popularity since 1925
16,567 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Nanette. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Nanette is about 66 years old in 2026. Nanette peaked in 1963 as the #347 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,567
- Named Nanette, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,412 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,567 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.04× its national share
Peak year is the year Nanette made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Nanette births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Nanette peaked in 1963.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Nanette became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 4,710.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 4,570 to 1 in 12,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Nanette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Nanette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Nanette in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 345 | – |
| 1930s | 756 | #778 |
| 1940s | 1,481 | #660 |
| 1950s | 5,396 | #345 |
| 1960s | 5,670 | #406 |
| 1970s | 2,027 | #816 |
| 1980s | 473 | #2,158 |
| 1990s | 192 | #5,370 |
| 2000s | 114 | #14,062 |
| 2010s | 71 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 42 | #14,412 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.6% of babies named Nanette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Nanette is most popular
The index compares Nanette's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Nanette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.04× | 349 |
| Michigan | 1.90× | 980 |
| New York | 1.74× | 1,781 |
| Illinois | 1.51× | 994 |
| Louisiana | 1.46× | 353 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Nanette and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Nanette (this page) | 16,567 | 1963 |
| Nannette | 6,020 | 1963 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Nanette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Nanette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Nanette (1963).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data