Nanette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-NET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Nanette is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Nanette mean?
Hebrew: French pet form of Anne, from Nan + the ending -ette
“grace”
A French pet form of Anne, formed from Nan and the diminutive ending -ette.
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Is Nanette a girl's or a boy's name?
Nanette 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 Nanette 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 Nanette, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1957, with 772 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Nanette in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nanette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,136 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 89 | #1,377 |
| 1978 | 93 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 137 | #992 |
| 1976 | 118 | #1,043 |
| 1975 | 168 | #815 |
| 1974 | 170 | #796 |
| 1973 | 224 | #664 |
| 1972 | 324 | #524 |
| 1971 | 364 | #512 |
| 1970 | 340 | #548 |
| 1969 | 351 | #522 |
| 1968 | 425 | #465 |
| 1967 | 457 | #441 |
| 1966 | 420 | #462 |
| 1965 | 523 | #406 |
| 1964 | 715 | #353 |
| 1963 | 746 | #347 |
| 1962 | 583 | #394 |
| 1961 | 752 | #346 |
| 1960 | 698 | #365 |
| 1959 | 610 | #383 |
| 1958 | 641 | #363 |
| 1957 | 772 | #331 |
| 1956 | 756 | #319 |
| 1955 | 622 | #344 |
| 1954 | 396 | #440 |
| 1953 | 445 | #403 |
| 1952 | 370 | #445 |
| 1951 | 420 | #401 |
| 1950 | 364 | #417 |
| 1949 | 250 | #515 |
| 1948 | 195 | #596 |
| 1947 | 196 | #606 |
| 1946 | 178 | #596 |
| 1945 | 125 | #658 |
| 1944 | 117 | #690 |
| 1943 | 112 | #731 |
| 1942 | 99 | #759 |
| 1941 | 125 | #633 |
| 1940 | 84 | #762 |
| 1939 | 93 | #705 |
| 1938 | 105 | #671 |
| 1937 | 83 | #746 |
| 1936 | 60 | #876 |
| 1935 | 76 | #775 |
| 1934 | 56 | #917 |
| 1933 | 76 | #756 |
| 1932 | 66 | #856 |
| 1931 | 59 | #899 |
| 1930 | 82 | #775 |
| 1929 | 65 | #886 |
| 1928 | 70 | #870 |
| 1927 | 77 | #839 |
| 1926 | 60 | #963 |
| 1925 | 73 | #870 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Nicknames for Nanette
- Nan
Names like Nanette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elaine Jacqueline Jane Michelle Marlene Anne Judith Bonnie Nancy Janice Joanne Christine
Names related to Nanette
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Nanette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nanette, updated 20 October 2026.