Nache
Ñachi or ñache is a food of Mapuche people from Chile, prepared with fresh animal blood and dressings.
Meaning & Origin of Nache
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ñachi or ñache is a food of Mapuche people from Chile, prepared with fresh animal blood and dressings.
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The Story of Nache
Nache first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 5 births, good for #11,324 nationwide. About 67% of every Nache on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Nache last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nache
Nache is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Nache's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #11,324. Use the chart and map above to compare Nache'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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