Nanya — boys' name
16 babies named Nanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Nanya was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nanya in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nanya
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Nanya between 1997 and 1998, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nanya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nanya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nanya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nanya 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 16 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.
Nanya at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
16 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 10 births in a single year.
Nanya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 100% of Nanya's all-time total
Nanya decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nanya's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Nanya by state
Where Nanya concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 37.5% |
6 of 16 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 37.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 37.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1997–1998 (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.