Nanayaw — #9430 US boys' name
64 babies named Nanayaw in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Nanayaw was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nanayaw in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nanayaw
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Nanayaw between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nanayaw currently holds the #9430 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nanayaw performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nanayaw shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nanayaw 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 64 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.
Nanayaw at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nanayaw popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #9430 among boys.
64 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 8 births in a single year.
Nanayaw by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 33 births that decade — 52% of Nanayaw's all-time total
Nanayaw decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nanayaw's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 2000–2024 (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.