US name list
Girl names starting with N
66 exact spellings starting with N had at least 100 published female SSA records in 2025. Nora leads with 6,380.
US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved
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Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 female records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)
| Rank | Name | 2025 count | Change since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Nora | 6,380 | Up 232 |
| 46 | Nova | 4,657 | Down 415 |
| 47 | Naomi | 4,644 | Up 23 |
| 89 | Natalie | 2,736 | Down 391 |
| 144 | Natalia | 2,028 | Down 481 |
| 165 | Nevaeh | 1,828 | Down 372 |
| 202 | Noelle | 1,507 | Up 63 |
| 226 | Noa | 1,348 | Up 82 |
| 236 | Nyla | 1,315 | Down 29 |
| 262 | Norah | 1,191 | Down 193 |
| 271 | Nayeli | 1,151 | Up 187 |
| 324 | Nina | 946 | Down 14 |
| 327 | Navy | 935 | Up 1 |
| 383 | Nicole | 803 | Down 161 |
| 414 | Nalani | 754 | Up 177 |
| 504 | Nylah | 590 | Down 105 |
| 533 | Nellie | 567 | Down 25 |
| 565 | Nadia | 531 | Down 69 |
| 583 | Noemi | 509 | Down 7 |
| 624 | Noah | 468 | Down 74 |
| 659 | Noor | 435 | Up 40 |
| 702 | Nia | 403 | Down 28 |
| 762 | Neriah | 356 | Up 24 |
| 813 | Naya | 336 | Up 40 |
| 822 | Nola | 331 | Down 38 |
| 825 | Nyomi | 330 | Down 10 |
| 856 | Nala | 317 | Down 58 |
| 897 | Naylani | 296 | Up 186 |
| 907 | Nataly | 292 | Down 20 |
| 967 | Nancy | 265 | Down 25 |
| 977 | Novalee | 261 | Down 118 |
| 1,006 | Novah | 249 | Down 54 |
| 1,031 | Naiari | 243 | Up 46 |
| 1,078 | Nayla | 225 | Up 77 |
| 1,148 | Natasha | 202 | Down 83 |
| 1,196 | Nori | 193 | Down 58 |
| 1,216 | Nathaly | 187 | Down 25 |
| 1,255 | Navi | 179 | Up 32 |
| 1,294 | Nelly | 173 | Up 5 |
| 1,365 | Nathalia | 162 | Down 31 |
| 1,395 | Noel | 157 | Up 7 |
| 1,404 | Nami | 156 | Up 11 |
| 1,405 | Noelia | 156 | Up 7 |
| 1,440 | Neveah | 150 | Down 28 |
| 1,465 | Nyra | 147 | Down 45 |
| 1,481 | Nathalie | 145 | Down 42 |
| 1,495 | Nyari | 143 | Up 42 |
| 1,508 | Nashly | 142 | Down 9 |
| 1,531 | Nour | 139 | Up 31 |
| 1,535 | Naziyah | 138 | Up 84 |
| 1,577 | Nailani | 134 | Up 79 |
| 1,585 | Naia | 133 | Up 24 |
| 1,606 | Nailea | 130 | Up 17 |
| 1,607 | Nariah | 130 | Up 2 |
| 1,608 | Nariyah | 130 | Up 15 |
| 1,627 | Nadine | 128 | Down 5 |
| 1,628 | Nell | 128 | Down 22 |
| 1,690 | Nechama | 122 | Down 13 |
| 1,728 | Naila | 118 | Down 32 |
| 1,729 | Nicolette | 118 | Up 21 |
| 1,753 | Nazaria | 116 | Up 96 |
| 1,754 | Nila | 116 | Down 6 |
| 1,755 | Novalynn | 116 | Up 10 |
| 1,829 | Nailah | 110 | Down 2 |
| 1,842 | Noelani | 109 | Down 16 |
| 1,870 | Nairobi | 106 | Down 33 |
Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records
These N spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published female records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.
| Name | 2025 count | 2021 count | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naziyah | 138 | 9 | 15.33× |
| Nazaria | 116 | 8 | 14.50× |
| Nyari | 143 | 31 | 4.61× |
| Nashly | 142 | 44 | 3.23× |
| Nailani | 134 | 45 | 2.98× |
| Neriah | 356 | 123 | 2.89× |
| Naylani | 296 | 116 | 2.55× |
| Nailea | 130 | 69 | 1.88× |
| Nami | 156 | 90 | 1.73× |
| Nariyah | 130 | 88 | 1.48× |
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