Girls' name · since 2002
Nandana
121 babies named Nandana in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
121 girls have been named Nandana since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nandana has been recorded 121 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2018.
- #25,050 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 121 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nandana ranks #25,050 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nandana's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nandana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nandana's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nandana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2018
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Nandana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Nandana's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Nandana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nandana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2002–2018 (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 Nandana 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.