Comaneci
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a retired Romanian gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, she earned six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals.
Meaning & Origin of Comaneci
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a retired Romanian gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, she earned six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals.
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The Story of Comaneci
American parents first put Comaneci on the record books as a baby girl name in 1976, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 9 Comanecis were born — ranking #6,048 that year. Comaneci last appeared in the published SSA data in 1976, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 9 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Comaneci
Comaneci is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 9 births in the dataset. Comaneci's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #6,048. Use the chart and map above to compare Comaneci's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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