Nona
Nona was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,723 among girls’ names; 16,708 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,150 Americans named Nona and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 58 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nona by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nona mean?
Wiktionary, Latin section
Nona is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “the ninth” (nōnus).
Feminine form of the Roman gens name Nōnus, from nōnus (“the ninth”).
[ˈnoː.na]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Latin section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nona?
#8,723 among girls’ names, 2025
Nona fell from #5,418 in 2015 to #8,723 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.0 to 7.5 per million.
360 babies in 1950, the peak
Nona peaked in 1950, when 360 girls were given it, #423 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,723 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,502 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,852 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,429 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,514 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,134 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,868 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,414 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,896 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 37 | #4,064 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,418 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,992 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,440 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,282 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,091 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,327 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,249 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,321 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,264 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,074 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,718 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,332 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,915 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,055 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #6,006 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,775 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,588 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,076 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,163 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #5,006 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,610 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,626 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,855 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,640 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,755 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,464 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,470 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,604 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,940 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,980 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,086 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,113 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,539 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,612 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,831 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,379 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,563 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,915 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,019 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,958 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 44 | #2,014 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,574 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,875 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,465 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,437 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,313 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 82 | #1,239 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,276 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 96 | #1,065 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 74 | #1,259 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,165 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 134 | #901 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 118 | #982 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 133 | #921 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 132 | #942 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 168 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 190 | #739 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 181 | #736 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 206 | #695 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 214 | #656 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 197 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 245 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 268 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 259 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 314 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1950 | 360 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 232 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 230 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 223 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 210 | #546 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 209 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1944 | 186 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 192 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 237 | #479 | 0.18 |
| 1941 | 216 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 243 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 233 | #442 | 0.21 |
| 1938 | 269 | #410 | 0.24 |
| 1937 | 252 | #407 | 0.24 |
| 1936 | 260 | #394 | 0.25 |
| 1935 | 250 | #412 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 306 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1933 | 278 | #387 | 0.28 |
| 1932 | 262 | #404 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 269 | #398 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 302 | #391 | 0.27 |
| 1929 | 248 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1928 | 271 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 259 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1926 | 294 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1925 | 257 | #430 | 0.21 |
| 1924 | 271 | #428 | 0.22 |
| 1923 | 275 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 255 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 290 | #397 | 0.24 |
| 1920 | 251 | #421 | 0.21 |
| 1919 | 235 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 280 | #392 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 266 | #387 | 0.25 |
| 1916 | 254 | #391 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 242 | #388 | 0.25 |
| 1914 | 188 | #388 | 0.25 |
| 1913 | 175 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1912 | 146 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1911 | 96 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 135 | #339 | 0.34 |
| 1909 | 84 | #399 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 90 | #382 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 101 | #352 | 0.32 |
| 1906 | 85 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 105 | #331 | 0.36 |
| 1904 | 85 | #357 | 0.31 |
| 1903 | 77 | #366 | 0.29 |
| 1902 | 88 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1901 | 69 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1900 | 132 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1899 | 104 | #288 | 0.45 |
| 1898 | 92 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1897 | 80 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1896 | 74 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1895 | 71 | #340 | 0.30 |
| 1894 | 70 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1893 | 68 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1892 | 83 | #298 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 71 | #296 | 0.38 |
| 1890 | 72 | #293 | 0.38 |
| 1889 | 68 | #292 | 0.38 |
| 1888 | 69 | #283 | 0.39 |
| 1887 | 36 | #363 | 0.25 |
| 1886 | 45 | #315 | 0.31 |
| 1885 | 38 | #335 | 0.29 |
| 1884 | 28 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1883 | 33 | #310 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 37 | #293 | 0.34 |
| 1881 | 38 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1880 | 31 | #280 | 0.34 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Nona a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nona has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Nona: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nona, and how old are they?
6,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 16,708 Americans ever recorded as Nona. The median Nona alive today is 71 years old; half are between 58 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 7,601 people named Nona (7,534 women and girls, 67 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,348 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,250 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 905 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 328 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 293 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nona born?
The states with the most babies named Nona are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,336 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 741 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Oklahoma | 538 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 534 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Arkansas | 513 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Kentucky | 448 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 402 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 400 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 387 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 385 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Nona is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nona is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nona with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 34,511 babies since 1880, Nona is the most given (48% of them). In 2025 it was given to 12 of their 1,643 babies (<1%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nona
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nona and names like it
- Compare Nona and NoaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sNona peaked in 1950.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nona since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Nona: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1950The year the most babies were named Nona.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Nona alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.