Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nanette

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Grace; favour
Favor, grace; variant of Anne
Hebrew
Grace

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nanette

Pronunciation

n(a)-nette, nan(et)-te

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #331, 769 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20256
2024–
20239
20229
20218
202010
2019–
201810
20175
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #3377, 5 births); most recent 2007 (rank #4287, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
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Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1984 (rank #2004, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
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Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #535, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
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Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1956 (rank #367, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
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Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence