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01 / Meaning & origin
Nanna is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Italian, Swedish and 7 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Nanna via Swedish, with the stated meaning “daring”.
Meaning: “daring”
From Swedish Nanna, from Old Norse Nanna (literally “daring”).
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 1994: 5 girls (rank 13430).
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Nanna
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 8 | 291 | observed |
| 1946 | 6 | 341 | observed |
| 1947 | 11 | 261 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 10 | 270 | observed |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | 6 | 331 | observed |
| 1952 | 5 | 376 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 387 | observed |
| 1954 | 4 | 416 | observed |
| 1955 | 4 | 415 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 8 | 313 | observed |
| 1958 | 4 | 441 | observed |
| 1959 | 10 | 300 | observed |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 4 | 464 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 5 | 446 | observed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 6 | 417 | observed |
| 1967 | 4 | 530 | observed |
| 1968 | 6 | 448 | observed |
| 1969 | 7 | 399 | observed |
| 1970 | 5 | 513 | observed |
| 1971 | 10 | 345 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 540 | observed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 5 | 530 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 4 | 585 | observed |
| 1977 | 8 | 411 | observed |
| 1978 | 9 | 379 | observed |
| 1979 | 7 | 462 | observed |
| 1980 | 7 | 472 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | 4 | 612 | observed |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 6 | 546 | observed |
| 1986 | 12 | 357 | observed |
| 1987 | 7 | 511 | observed |
| 1988 | 6 | 549 | observed |
| 1989 | 7 | 510 | observed |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | 13 | 334 | observed |
| 1992 | 10 | 396 | observed |
| 1993 | 8 | 437 | observed |
| 1994 | 12 | 334 | observed |
| 1995 | 8 | 438 | observed |
| 1996 | 20 | 229 | observed |
| 1997 | 12 | 319 | observed |
| 1998 | 10 | 359 | observed |
| 1999 | 5 | 539 | observed |
| 2000 | 15 | 289 | observed |
| 2001 | 7 | 431 | observed |
| 2002 | 13 | 311 | observed |
| 2003 | 8 | 405 | observed |
| 2004 | 16 | 279 | observed |
| 2005 | 15 | 298 | observed |
| 2006 | 11 | 360 | observed |
| 2007 | 11 | 366 | observed |
| 2008 | 10 | 394 | observed |
| 2009 | 11 | 381 | observed |
| 2010 | 13 | 342 | observed |
| 2011 | 11 | 372 | observed |
| 2012 | 10 | 385 | observed |
| 2013 | 8 | 435 | observed |
| 2014 | 12 | 346 | observed |
| 2015 | 6 | 475 | observed |
| 2016 | 7 | 446 | observed |
| 2017 | 11 | 348 | observed |
| 2018 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2019 | 12 | 310 | observed |
| 2020 | 10 | 331 | observed |
| 2021 | 4 | 460 | observed |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | 6 | 430 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 478 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 454 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Nanna” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
NANNA— “bold”
Most beautiful of all the gods was Baldur, the fair white god, mild, beautiful, and eloquent,—beloved but fore-doomed to death. His story is well known. His mother, Frigga, vainly took an oath of all created things not to be the instrument of his fate,—she omitted the mistletoe; and Lok, the destroyer, having, in the guise of a sympathetic old woman, beguiled her into betraying her omission, placed a shaft of the magic plant in the hands of the blind god, Hodr, when all the…
Most beautiful of all the gods was Baldur, the fair white god, mild, beautiful, and eloquent,—beloved but fore-doomed to death. His story is well known. His mother, Frigga, vainly took an oath of all created things not to be the instrument of his fate,—she omitted the mistletoe; and Lok, the destroyer, having, in the guise of a sympathetic old woman, beguiled her into betraying her omission, placed a shaft of the magic plant in the hands of the blind god, Hodr, when all the Aasir were in sport directing their harmless weapons against the breast of their favourite. Baldur was slain, and his beautiful wife, Nanna, died of grief for his loss. Even then Hela would have relented, and have given him back, provided every living thing would have wept for him; but one stern giantess among the rocks refused her tears, and Baldur remains in the realms of death, until after all his brethren shall have perished in the last great conflict, when with them he shall be revivified in the times of the restitution of all things, so remarkably promised in these ancient myths.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section VI (Baldur and Hodur) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
Nanna— “grace”
_Nanna_, _f._ _It._ Heb. grace, 42
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
