Nandan — #8696 US boys' name
163 babies named Nandan in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Nandan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Nandan in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nandan
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Nandan between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nandan currently holds the #8696 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nandan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nandan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nandan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nandan 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 163 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.
Nandan at a glance
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Current rank
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Nandan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #8696 among boys.
163 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 16 births in a single year.
Nandan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 65% of Nandan's all-time total
Nandan decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nandan's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Nandan by state
Where Nandan concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.