Girls' name · since 1996
Nanami
295 babies named Nanami in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 295
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nanami currently ranks #13847 among girls' names in America, with 295 babies recorded since 1996.
Nanami has 295 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13847 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,051 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,847 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 295 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nanami ranks #16,051 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,847 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 295 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,847 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 295
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nanami's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Nanami compares
295 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nanami's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nanami | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 295 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nanami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nanami's full recorded timeline at 2012, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nanami popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Nanami by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Nanami's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Nanami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (39% of all-time use).
Nanami by state
Where Nanami concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 14.2% |
42 of 295 births nationwide.
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What to do with Nanami's data
- Nanami's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nanamis (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nanami: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nanami draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.