Nanea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-NEH-ah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Nanea is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “relaxed, at ease”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Nanea mean?
Hawaiian
“relaxed, at ease”
Nanea Mitchell is an American Girl character growing up in Hawaii in 1941.
Is Nanea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nanea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nanea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Nanea, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Nanea in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nanea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Nanea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Mckenna Nevaeh Kennedy Cassidy Nalani Brynlee Kiara Kailani Noa Nailea Kalani
Names related to Nanea
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Makai Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nanea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nanea, updated 20 October 2026.