Names starting
with N.

N is a nasal consonant common to short, easy-to-call names. Our database lists 17 given names that begin with it — 10 for girls and 6 for boys.

At the top of each list, Nancy (#942 in 2023) leads the girls while Nicholas (#109) leads the boys.

The most-used N names on this page draw from English, French, Latin traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

N skews feminine in our data: there are about 1.7× more girl names starting with N than boy names.