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Nan

Nan is a girl's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.

EtymologyDiminutive of Ann/Nancy
EtymologyMeaning "grace"
Births by decade
1900s
457
1910s
825
1920s
1,198
1930s
1,467
1940s
2,098
1950s
2,182
1960s
876
1970s
223
1980s
121
1990s
62
2000s
24
2010s
7
Peaked in the 1950s · 9,540 total U.S. births since 1900