Nanette

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Nanette first appears in the data in 1892 and has been recorded in 116 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1957 with 772 babies (rank #331 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Nanette

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nanette yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

16,888

Total babies (all years)

116

Years in the data

772

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Nanette

Nanette Fabrayfilm actor · b. 1920

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1892	5	#1,593
1897	6	#1,500
1902	6	#1,732
1905	5	#2,143
1909	8	#1,706
1910	7	#2,077
1912	11	#1,800
1913	7	#2,730
1914	14	#1,877
1915	18	#1,858
1916	18	#1,933
1917	22	#1,690
1918	27	#1,560
1919	27	#1,552
1920	24	#1,735
1921	26	#1,709
1922	42	#1,202
1923	22	#1,879
1924	32	#1,494
1925	73	#872
1926	60	#969
1927	77	#844
1928	70	#878
1929	65	#892
1930	82	#779
1931	59	#909
1932	66	#859
1933	76	#759
1934	56	#923
1935	76	#778
1936	60	#884
1937	83	#750
1938	105	#672
1939	93	#710
1940	84	#769
1941	125	#636
1942	99	#761
1943	112	#731
1944	117	#692
1945	125	#660
1946	178	#596
1947	196	#608
1948	195	#597
1949	250	#517
1950	364	#420
1951	420	#402
1952	370	#446
1953	445	#404
1954	396	#441
1955	622	#345
1956	756	#319
1957	772	#331
1958	641	#363
1959	610	#383
1960	698	#365
1961	752	#346
1962	583	#395
1963	746	#347
1964	715	#354
1965	523	#406
1966	420	#463
1967	457	#442
1968	425	#466
1969	351	#522
1970	340	#548
1971	364	#512
1972	324	#524
1973	224	#667
1974	170	#796
1975	168	#816
1976	118	#1,045
1977	137	#994
1978	93	#1,304
1979	89	#1,388
1980	71	#1,633
1981	70	#1,656
1982	51	#2,043
1983	50	#2,040
1984	43	#2,284
1985	49	#2,158
1986	50	#2,143
1987	41	#2,514
1988	24	#3,862
1989	24	#4,084
1990	21	#4,639
1991	21	#4,757
1992	19	#5,203
1993	27	#3,958
1994	15	#6,220
1995	18	#5,370
1996	17	#5,703
1997	22	#4,773
1998	17	#5,992
1999	15	#6,747
2000	11	#8,985
2001	14	#7,619
2002	16	#6,949
2003	16	#7,111
2004	12	#9,104
2005	7	#14,062
2006	9	#12,126
2007	7	#15,010
2008	12	#9,907
2009	10	#11,252
2010	8	#13,120
2011	8	#13,031
2012	14	#8,511
2013	5	#18,466
2014	12	#9,377
2016	9	#11,518
2017	5	#17,670
2018	10	#10,341
2020	10	#10,049
2021	8	#11,865
2022	9	#10,963
2023	9	#10,905