Girls' name · since 1938
Nannetta
Nannetta has 30 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Nannetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1938.
Nannetta has 30 recorded births among girls since 1938, 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 1938 to 1961.
- #41,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nannetta ranks #41,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #41,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Nannetta's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nannetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nannetta's full recorded timeline at 1956, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1938 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nannetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1961
- Peak year (1938)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Nannetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (12 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Nannetta's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Nannetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Nannetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nannetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1938–1961 (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 Nannetta 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.