girls:
65 births since 1950
#5651 (1st percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2004
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
70 births since 1950
#7669 (1st percentile)
The name Nanda is the #7,669 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 70 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,651 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 1950. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2004.
Nanda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (1950 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Nanda is available in 12 out of the 55 years between 1950 and 2004 (11 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nanda has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2004, 0.0% of babies named Nanda were girls. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1950 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1995 to 2004).
For girls, Nanda reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #756) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, Nanda reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #847) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nanda".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Nanda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Nanda is pronounced as NAHN-duh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAN-duh, at 44.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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