Nona
Nona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 266th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1950360 births
- Best rank
- #266in 1881
- Since 1880
- 16,696people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,696 girls have been named Nona in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 360 births.
The name has all but left use: 15 births in 2024, against 360 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1930s alone account for 16%. It has spent 85 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 423 | |
| 1890s | 785 | |
| 1900s | 916 | |
| 1910s | 2,017 | |
| 1920s | 2,671 | |
| 1930s | 2,681 | |
| 1940s | 2,178 | |
| 1950s | 2,434 | |
| 1960s | 1,097 | |
| 1970s | 529 | |
| 1980s | 249 | |
| 1990s | 184 | |
| 2000s | 178 | |
| 2010s | 259 | |
| 2020s | 95 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Nona was the 424th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Nona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louveniapeak 1924
- Rosepeak 1917
- Letapeak 1918
- Easterpeak 1925
- Marthapeak 1947
- Alicepeak 1921
- Marypeak 1921
- Pearliepeak 1937
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.