Nona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-na
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Nona is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ninth”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Nona mean?
Latin
“ninth”
Nona was one of the three Roman Fates, who spun the thread of life; the name was once given to a ninth child.
Is Nona a girl's or a boy's name?
Nona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nona in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Nona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Nona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Nona, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 360 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nona than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Nona in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,427 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,306 |
| 1969 | 82 | #1,234 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,267 |
| 1967 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1966 | 74 | #1,251 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 134 | #899 |
| 1963 | 118 | #980 |
| 1962 | 133 | #916 |
| 1961 | 132 | #937 |
| 1960 | 168 | #789 |
| 1959 | 190 | #735 |
| 1958 | 181 | #736 |
| 1957 | 206 | #695 |
| 1956 | 214 | #654 |
| 1955 | 197 | #665 |
| 1954 | 245 | #571 |
| 1953 | 268 | #524 |
| 1952 | 259 | #525 |
| 1951 | 314 | #470 |
| 1950 | 360 | #422 |
| 1949 | 232 | #549 |
| 1948 | 230 | #545 |
| 1947 | 223 | #571 |
| 1946 | 210 | #545 |
| 1945 | 209 | #507 |
| 1944 | 186 | #533 |
| 1943 | 192 | #542 |
| 1942 | 237 | #477 |
| 1941 | 216 | #476 |
| 1940 | 243 | #436 |
| 1939 | 233 | #442 |
| 1938 | 269 | #407 |
| 1937 | 252 | #407 |
| 1936 | 260 | #394 |
| 1935 | 250 | #411 |
| 1934 | 306 | #361 |
| 1933 | 278 | #385 |
| 1932 | 262 | #404 |
| 1931 | 269 | #398 |
| 1930 | 302 | #391 |
| 1929 | 248 | #424 |
| 1928 | 271 | #412 |
| 1927 | 259 | #429 |
| 1926 | 294 | #400 |
| 1925 | 257 | #429 |
| 1924 | 271 | #428 |
| 1923 | 275 | #405 |
| 1922 | 255 | #414 |
| 1921 | 290 | #397 |
| 1920 | 251 | #421 |
| 1919 | 235 | #425 |
| 1918 | 280 | #392 |
| 1917 | 266 | #386 |
| 1916 | 254 | #390 |
| 1915 | 242 | #387 |
| 1914 | 188 | #387 |
| 1913 | 175 | #365 |
| 1912 | 146 | #379 |
| 1911 | 96 | #409 |
| 1910 | 135 | #338 |
| 1909 | 84 | #397 |
| 1908 | 90 | #381 |
| 1907 | 101 | #351 |
| 1906 | 85 | #364 |
| 1905 | 105 | #329 |
| 1904 | 85 | #354 |
| 1903 | 77 | #365 |
| 1902 | 88 | #335 |
| 1901 | 69 | #363 |
| 1900 | 132 | #283 |
| 1899 | 104 | #286 |
| 1898 | 92 | #325 |
| 1897 | 80 | #328 |
| 1896 | 74 | #338 |
| 1895 | 71 | #338 |
| 1894 | 70 | #333 |
| 1893 | 68 | #324 |
| 1892 | 83 | #296 |
| 1891 | 71 | #296 |
| 1890 | 72 | #291 |
| 1889 | 68 | #289 |
| 1888 | 69 | #280 |
| 1887 | 36 | #360 |
| 1886 | 45 | #311 |
| 1885 | 38 | #329 |
| 1884 | 28 | #377 |
| 1883 | 33 | #306 |
| 1882 | 37 | #290 |
| 1881 | 38 | #262 |
| 1880 | 31 | #278 |
Names like Nona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nona, updated 20 October 2026.