Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Nan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1947

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

255

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

10,274

Nan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 255 girls were named Nan.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 10,274 Americans have been named Nan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1947

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