Nan

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #625, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#625highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2004	#4598
2012	#5876
2018	#5666
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 7 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2023: #625 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #625 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2006–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Nan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 7 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 21 births with the name.

Nan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	7 of 28	21 (1996–2023)	3 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#625 (2023)	#898 (2024)	6 of 19	21 (2006–2024)	5 (2023)

Nan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #625 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Nan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #625, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#898position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nali · #1108, 16y
Namira · #2466, 11y
Nana · #409, 29y
Nanci · #2432, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Izabele · #625, 15y
Kataleya · #625, 11y
Minsa · #625, 14y
Zlata · #625, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Frederic · #625, 29y
Keavy · #625, 21y
Marlow · #625, 22y
Millie-Rose · #624, 24y

Nan was ranked #625 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #625 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Nan

Nan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nan across 2 official records

Nan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nan

Nan at a glance

Nan across 2 official records

Nan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nan