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Girl Names That Start With N

These are the 47 girl names that start with N, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 47 names

  1. Nora #20 6,380
  2. Nova #46 4,657
  3. Naomi #47 4,644
  4. Natalie #89 2,736
  5. Natalia #144 2,028
  6. Nevaeh #165 1,828
  7. Noelle #202 1,507
  8. Noa #226 1,348
  9. Nyla #236 1,315
  10. Norah #262 1,191
  11. Nayeli #270 1,151
  12. Nina #324 946
  13. Navy #327 935
  14. Nicole #382 803
  15. Nalani #414 754
  16. Nylah #503 590
  17. Nellie #533 567
  18. Nadia #565 531
  19. Nia #702 403
  20. Nola #821 331
  21. Nataly #907 292
  22. Nancy #965 265
  23. Natasha #1144 202
  24. Nathalie #1478 145
  25. Nadine #1622 128
  26. Nell #1622 128
  27. Nicolette #1721 118
  28. Norma #2002 95
  29. Novella #2542 69
  30. Nella #2822 60
  31. Neva #3296 47
  32. Nichole #3342 46
  33. Nikki #3459 44
  34. Nevada #3780 39
  35. Nelle #4265 33
  36. Noreen #4265 33
  37. Nikita #4460 31
  38. Nira #4878 27
  39. Nettie #5554 22
  40. Nona #8362 12
  41. Nelda #9457 10
  42. Nakia #10917 8
  43. Nichelle #10917 8
  44. Nita #11932 7
  45. Nanette #13208 6
  46. Nan
  47. Nannie

Girl names that start with N in the 2025 data

N is the tenth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 56,443 of them, 3.5% of every girl in the file. It has climbed from twelfth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 3.1% to 3.5%.

This list holds the 47 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Nora, #20 with 6,380 girls in 2025. 4 of the 47 are in this year's top 100, and 45 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Together they account for 36,520 of those 56,443 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Navy, up from #1,793 in 2015 to #327 in 2025. Nicole has gone the other way, from #154 to #382. The shortest name here is Nan at 3 letters, the longest Nicolette at 9.

Questions about girl names that start with N

What is the most popular girl name that starts with N?

Nora. 6,380 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #20 nationally.

How many girl names start with N?

47 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 56,443 girls born in 2025 — 3.5% of the total — were given a name starting with N.

Are girl names that start with N getting more popular?

N is gaining ground. It was twelfth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 3.1% of births, and it is tenth in 2025 with 3.5%.

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