# Nan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,274 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,274 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 13,199 |
| 1989 | 16 | 5,472 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,691 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9,953 |
| 1992 | 9 | 9,264 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,503 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,358 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,416 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,827 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,478 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,159 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,870 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,992 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,145 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,794 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Nan

- Nan Goldin, American photographer (born 1953)
- Zhang Nan, Chinese badminton player
- Wang Nan, Chinese table tennis player (1978-)
- Nan Grey, American actress (1918-1993)
- Nan Martin, American actress (1927–2010)
- Yu Nan, Chinese actress
- Zhang Nan, Chinese gymnast
- Chen Nan, Chinese basketball player (born 1983)
- Nan Leslie, American actress (1926-2000)
- Nan Hayworth, American politician
- Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan, Archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio
- Li Nan, Chinese basketball player (born 1976)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.