Girl name#1,022 of girl names
Nanette
Pronounced N AH0 N EH1 T (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1957
- 132 years in use
How popular is Nanette?
Nanette is a girls' name, and first appears in 1892. It has been given to 16,888 children — the 1,022nd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 72 births across the past decade, against a peak of 772 in a single year. That peak was in 1957.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AH0 N EH1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nanette
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nanette
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nanette?
- Nanette ranks 1,022nd among girls' names in US records, with 16,888 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 72.
- Is Nanette a unisex name?
- No. Nanette is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nanette most popular?
- 1957, when 772 children were given the name. It has been in use for 132 years and is still recorded as of 2024.