Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Na isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Na through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 34 boys · 223 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include a sample rank of No. 3,303 among female first names in 1990; 20,876 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Na’s family of names
In Greek usage, Na as a surname is a transliteration of Να.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Na
- Li NaChinese tennis playerborn 1982
- Li NaChinese épée fencerborn 1981
- Xie NaChinese host, singer and actressborn 1981
- Mi NaParalympic athlete of Chinaborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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