# Nanette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nanette/  
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 | Nannette |
| US babies named this | 16,894 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,894 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | 9,906 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,255 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13,121 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13,032 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,511 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,468 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,378 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,519 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,675 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,344 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10,055 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,873 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,971 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,922 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,412 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |

## People named Nanette

- Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer and dancer (1920-2018)
- Nanette Newman, British actress
- Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, writer
- Nanette Guilford, American musician, singer and opera singer (1903-1990)
- Jetty Paerl, Dutch singer

## 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.