Quick answers about Nan
How many people are named Nan?
An estimated 3,241 living Americans are named Nan.
How rare is Nan?
Nan fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Nan?
The median age of a living American named Nan is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 64 and 77 years old.
Is Nan still popular?
Not especially. Nan has been declining since its 1947 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Nan most common?
Nan has its strongest geographic signal in Georgia, where it appears 1.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Nan is most concentrated in Georgia — about 1.9× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Nan is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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