Unisex name · since 1950
Nanda
Nanda has 65 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Nanda since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nanda has 65 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1982.
- #31,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nanda ranks #31,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Nanda's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nanda's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nanda popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1982
- Peak year (1976)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Nanda popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Nanda as boys' name)
Nanda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (32 births, 49% of the file).
1950s was Nanda's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Nanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 32 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Nanda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1950–1982 (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 Nanda 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.