English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “the ninth”
Feminine form of the Roman gens name Nōnus, from nōnus (“the ninth”).
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- Wiktionary: NonaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Nona is a feminine given name documented in Latin. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. English Wiktionary gives the meaning “the ninth”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Nona (Latin), Nóna (Q1221541)
Meaning: “the ninth”
Feminine form of the Roman gens name Nōnus, from nōnus (“the ninth”).
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United States, 2025: 12 girls (rank 8362).
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Nona
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 31 | 278 | observed |
| 1881 | 38 | 262 | observed |
| 1882 | 37 | 290 | observed |
| 1883 | 33 | 306 | observed |
| 1884 | 28 | 377 | observed |
| 1885 | 38 | 329 | observed |
| 1886 | 45 | 311 | observed |
| 1887 | 36 | 360 | observed |
| 1888 | 69 | 280 | observed |
| 1889 | 68 | 289 | observed |
| 1890 | 72 | 291 | observed |
| 1891 | 71 | 296 | observed |
| 1892 | 83 | 296 | observed |
| 1893 | 68 | 324 | observed |
| 1894 | 70 | 333 | observed |
| 1895 | 71 | 338 | observed |
| 1896 | 74 | 338 | observed |
| 1897 | 80 | 328 | observed |
| 1898 | 92 | 325 | observed |
| 1899 | 104 | 286 | observed |
| 1900 | 132 | 283 | observed |
| 1901 | 69 | 363 | observed |
| 1902 | 88 | 335 | observed |
| 1903 | 77 | 365 | observed |
| 1904 | 85 | 354 | observed |
| 1905 | 105 | 329 | observed |
| 1906 | 85 | 364 | observed |
| 1907 | 101 | 351 | observed |
| 1908 | 90 | 381 | observed |
| 1909 | 84 | 397 | observed |
| 1910 | 135 | 338 | observed |
| 1911 | 96 | 409 | observed |
| 1912 | 146 | 379 | observed |
| 1913 | 175 | 365 | observed |
| 1914 | 188 | 387 | observed |
| 1915 | 242 | 387 | observed |
| 1916 | 254 | 390 | observed |
| 1917 | 266 | 386 | observed |
| 1918 | 280 | 392 | observed |
| 1919 | 235 | 425 | observed |
| 1920 | 251 | 421 | observed |
| 1921 | 290 | 397 | observed |
| 1922 | 255 | 414 | observed |
| 1923 | 275 | 405 | observed |
| 1924 | 271 | 428 | observed |
| 1925 | 257 | 429 | observed |
| 1926 | 294 | 400 | observed |
| 1927 | 259 | 429 | observed |
| 1928 | 271 | 412 | observed |
| 1929 | 248 | 424 | observed |
| 1930 | 302 | 391 | observed |
| 1931 | 269 | 398 | observed |
| 1932 | 262 | 404 | observed |
| 1933 | 278 | 385 | observed |
| 1934 | 306 | 361 | observed |
| 1935 | 250 | 411 | observed |
| 1936 | 260 | 394 | observed |
| 1937 | 252 | 407 | observed |
| 1938 | 269 | 407 | observed |
| 1939 | 233 | 442 | observed |
| 1940 | 243 | 436 | observed |
| 1941 | 216 | 476 | observed |
| 1942 | 237 | 477 | observed |
| 1943 | 192 | 542 | observed |
| 1944 | 186 | 533 | observed |
| 1945 | 209 | 507 | observed |
| 1946 | 210 | 545 | observed |
| 1947 | 223 | 571 | observed |
| 1948 | 230 | 546 | observed |
| 1949 | 232 | 550 | observed |
| 1950 | 360 | 423 | observed |
| 1951 | 314 | 471 | observed |
| 1952 | 259 | 526 | observed |
| 1953 | 268 | 525 | observed |
| 1954 | 245 | 572 | observed |
| 1955 | 197 | 666 | observed |
| 1956 | 214 | 655 | observed |
| 1957 | 206 | 696 | observed |
| 1958 | 181 | 737 | observed |
| 1959 | 190 | 735 | observed |
| 1960 | 168 | 789 | observed |
| 1961 | 132 | 937 | observed |
| 1962 | 133 | 916 | observed |
| 1963 | 118 | 980 | observed |
| 1964 | 134 | 899 | observed |
| 1965 | 85 | 1,156 | observed |
| 1966 | 74 | 1,251 | observed |
| 1967 | 96 | 1,060 | observed |
| 1968 | 75 | 1,267 | observed |
| 1969 | 82 | 1,234 | observed |
| 1970 | 82 | 1,306 | observed |
| 1971 | 73 | 1,427 | observed |
| 1972 | 66 | 1,456 | observed |
| 1973 | 45 | 1,857 | observed |
| 1974 | 61 | 1,563 | observed |
| 1975 | 44 | 1,986 | observed |
| 1976 | 46 | 1,936 | observed |
| 1977 | 48 | 2,002 | observed |
| 1978 | 28 | 2,859 | observed |
| 1979 | 36 | 2,525 | observed |
| 1980 | 41 | 2,342 | observed |
| 1981 | 32 | 2,774 | observed |
| 1982 | 23 | 3,530 | observed |
| 1983 | 36 | 2,516 | observed |
| 1984 | 19 | 3,990 | observed |
| 1985 | 20 | 3,983 | observed |
| 1986 | 21 | 3,890 | observed |
| 1987 | 22 | 3,857 | observed |
| 1988 | 19 | 4,496 | observed |
| 1989 | 16 | 5,286 | observed |
| 1990 | 17 | 5,286 | observed |
| 1991 | 21 | 4,650 | observed |
| 1992 | 22 | 4,528 | observed |
| 1993 | 16 | 5,673 | observed |
| 1994 | 17 | 5,445 | observed |
| 1995 | 17 | 5,439 | observed |
| 1996 | 20 | 4,883 | observed |
| 1997 | 20 | 5,010 | observed |
| 1998 | 21 | 4,955 | observed |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,239 | observed |
| 2000 | 7 | 11,801 | observed |
| 2001 | 19 | 5,822 | observed |
| 2002 | 19 | 5,897 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,505 | observed |
| 2004 | 24 | 5,208 | observed |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,330 | observed |
| 2006 | 22 | 5,906 | observed |
| 2007 | 22 | 6,093 | observed |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,073 | observed |
| 2009 | 22 | 6,091 | observed |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,182 | observed |
| 2011 | 22 | 5,935 | observed |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,110 | observed |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,317 | observed |
| 2014 | 28 | 4,892 | observed |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,288 | observed |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,996 | observed |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,811 | observed |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,315 | observed |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,773 | observed |
| 2020 | 16 | 6,923 | observed |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,398 | observed |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,309 | observed |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,680 | observed |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,251 | observed |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,362 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Nona” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. 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 · CC0-1.0
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.
Nona— “ninth”
Nonnus, from _nonus_, the ninth, is not known as a name till very late, when Latin and Greek names were intermixed. Then it belonged to a poet, at first heathen, afterwards Christian. Nonna was the name to that female slave who wrought the conversion of Georgia to Christianity, and (we believe) has there been continued; and in Rome Nonnius and Nonianus occur in later times as gentile appellations. Nona has been bestowed in England upon that rare personage a ninth daughter.…
Nonnus, from _nonus_, the ninth, is not known as a name till very late, when Latin and Greek names were intermixed. Then it belonged to a poet, at first heathen, afterwards Christian. Nonna was the name to that female slave who wrought the conversion of Georgia to Christianity, and (we believe) has there been continued; and in Rome Nonnius and Nonianus occur in later times as gentile appellations. Nona has been bestowed in England upon that rare personage a ninth daughter. November again bears traces of its having been the ninth month of the Romans, as does December of the tenth.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter II (Latin Prænomina), Section V (Numeral Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 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
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · 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
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · 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
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
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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