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Na

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Elegant, graceful, delicate

Na has been given to 257 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Na, 2003

1 in 760,000

Na over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Na over time

In 2004, Na went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Na: meaning, origin, and history

Elegant, graceful, delicate

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Na means

Na means “elegant, graceful, delicate”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Na is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /na/ for Na.

Origin, language, and formation

Na is used in Vietnamese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Vietnamese, Na is pronounced [naː˧˧].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 223 girls were recorded with the name Na between 1973 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1992; its best national rank was #5,195 in 1992.

In the United States, 34 boys were recorded with the name Na between 1985 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1985; its best national rank was #5,561 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Na?

Na had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003
1 in 760,000
5 of 3,801,425 births
Among girls only
1 in 365,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2003
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
526,991 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Na sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Na. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Na was born before 1991 — so the typical Na is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
44.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
223
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1990s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (100).

Is Na rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1992 (19)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,195
1992

Where Na is used

Across 1910–2025, Na was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,829,154 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Minnesota1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Na has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Na around the world

Where Na ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2003–2003
    #5,405
    in 2003
  • South Australia
    1985–1985
    #671
    in 1985

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Na by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,195
1992
Peak year
1992
19 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2003
All-time count
223
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,561
1985
Peak year
1985
7 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
34
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Na

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Na

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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