Nanako — girls' name
73 babies named Nanako in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nanako was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nanako in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nanako
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Nanako between 1995 and 2016, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nanako currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nanako performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nanako shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nanako in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 73 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nanako at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nanako popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1995
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
73 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 8 births in a single year.
Nanako by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 34 births that decade — 47% of Nanako's all-time total
Nanako decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nanako's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.