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Nanda has been given to 70 babies in the U.S. since 1950. 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 1976, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Nanda, 1982

1 in 501,000

Nanda over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Nanda over time

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

19502004

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.

Nanda: meaning, origin, and history

Joy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nanda means

Nanda means “joy”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nanda is used in Hinduism, Buddhism, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Nepali, Burmese, Hindi and Marathi.

Another recorded pronunciation is /nàɴ.da̰/ and /nàɴ.dà/ for Nanda.

Origin, language, and formation

Nanda is used in Old High German and Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Fernanda.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Nanda is pronounced /ˈnɐ̃.dɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 65 girls were recorded with the name Nanda between 1950 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1976; its best national rank was #5,474 in 1953.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Nanda between 2004 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2004; its best national rank was #12,624 in 2004.

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 Nanda?

Nanda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1982, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1982
1 in 501,000
7 of 3,507,638 births
Among girls only
1 in 242,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1982
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
347,331 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nanda 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 1982 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 347,331 children born in 1982 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nanda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nandas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nanda was born before 1965 — so the typical Nanda is around 60 today.

Median birth year
1965
About 60 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
49.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
58.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
65
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 49.2% of all recorded uses (32).

Is Nanda 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
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1976 (9)
Years since peak
49
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,474
1953

Spellings of Nanda

Nanda is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 20.5% against Nanda's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nanda around the world

Where Nanda 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
    1969–2018
    #7,578
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1987–1987
    #684
    in 1987

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.

Nanda 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
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Best rank ever
#5,474
1953
Peak year
1976
9 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
1982
All-time count
65
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,624
2004
Peak year
2004
5 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nanda

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

NaneaNannyPendaNanayaaNanakoNandyNanitaNansiNanamiNanineNannaSyndaNandiBondaZondaPandaPondaKindaKondaSundaNanaakuaNansyNankiNandika

Sibling names for Nanda

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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