The first name Nana

In 2025, 60 boys were named Nana, making it the 621st most popular boys’ name.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Nana with other names.

In 2025, 16 boys born in the United States were named Nana, the 5,773rd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2000, when 47 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Nana Alexandria
  Georgian chess player, born 1949
• Nana Visitor
  American actress (born 1957)
• Nana Dzagnidze
  Georgian chess player, born 1987
• Nana Ioseliani
  Georgian chess player, born 1962
• Nana Komatsu
  Actress, born 1996
• Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
  Former First Lady of Ghana (1948 - 2025)
• Nana Bryant
  Actress (1888-1955)
• Nana Akua Addo
  German-born Ghanaian model, actress and film producer
• Nana Attakora
  Canadian soccer player, born 1989
• Nana Ekvtimishvili
  Georgian writer and film director, born 1978
• Nana Caymmi
  Brazilian singer (1941–2025)
• Nana Falemi
  Cameroonian footballer, born 1974

• Mika
• Yu
• Akira

All 21 names of Japanese origin

What is the origin of the name Nana?

Nana comes from Japanese.

How popular is the name Nana?

In 2025, 60 boys born in England and Wales were named Nana, ranking 621st.

Is Nana a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 3,396 US babies named Nana since 1880, 74% were girls and 26% boys.

When was Nana most popular?

2000 in the United States, when 47 babies were named Nana, its highest rank at 3,008th.