girl's name

Nona

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 16,758

Nona is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1950, when 360 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Nona over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,681
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Nona by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 423
1890s 785
1900s 916
1910s 2,017
1920s 2,671
1930s 2,681
1940s 2,178
1950s 2,434
1960s 1,097
1970s 529
1980s 249
1990s 184
2000s 178
2010s 259
2020s (to 2025) 107

How popular is Nona?

In 2025, Nona was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Nona is used

England & Wales #4,303 5 in 2021
France #6,127 5 in 2025
United States #8,518 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nona

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nona also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nona over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nona

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nona — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nona

How popular is the name Nona?

In 2025, Nona was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Nona a girl's or a boy's name?

Nona is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Nona?

Nona has 2 syllables.

When was Nona most popular?

Nona peaked in 1950, when 360 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Nona a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nona currently ranks #6,127 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.