Nettie

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 419 births
Debut · girls
403 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,443
since 1880

Nettie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #62, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#6,64217
2023#6,16919
2022#5,79321
2021#6,69117
2020#8,40612
2019#6,17619
2018#8,14613
2017#8,29913
2016#6,40119
2015#10,8669
2014#7,63615
2013#9,03612
2012#12,1998
2011#9,15012
2010#7,51316
2009#8,45414
2008#10,80710
2007#9,00713
2006#9,28612
2005#8,88312
2004#6,48918
2003#9,04811
2002#5,25422
2001#7,31714
2000#8,02712
1999#6,48415
1998#6,36015
1997#4,37024
1996#6,06415
1995#4,21724
1994#5,71316
1993#3,98726
1992#3,58130
1991#3,93626
1990#4,86819
1989#3,67327
1988#3,39328
1987#3,33127
1986#3,13529
1985#3,85221
1984#2,85131
1983#2,91029
1982#2,90131
1981#2,52937
1980#2,65135
1979#2,52536
1978#2,09245
1977#2,38137
1976#2,79227
1975#1,67257
1974#2,06640
1973#2,12737
1972#1,69852
1971#2,00142
1970#1,90445
1969#1,68551
1968#1,74945
1967#1,47857
1966#1,28471
1965#1,21878
1964#1,16390
1963#1,016110
1962#985118
1961#879147
1960#874141
1959#848145
1958#732182
1957#741181
1956#655214
1955#646207
1954#581242
1953#599218
1952#526259
1951#535245
1950#474292
1949#470292
1948#447318
1947#447332
1946#392373
1945#400313
1944#361370
1943#342434
1942#333437
1941#316433
1940#303427
1939#290460#3,4805
1938#283490
1937#275521
1936#277475
1935#259585
1934#265545
1933#262543
1932#257597
1931#249588
1930#242657#4,0015
1929#237669#3,5596
1928#233711
1927#233772#2,9129
1926#218839#2,9049
1925#214897#4,1975
1924#207942
1923#202998
1922#203989#3,8726
1921#1981,034
1920#1811,141#2,9679
1919#1791,109#4,1685
1918#1751,167#4,1795
1917#1781,106#2,9568
1916#1711,125
1915#1661,106
1914#154936
1913#152777#2,4966
1912#143762
1911#136617
1910#129627
1909#128549
1908#128543
1907#121542
1906#116537
1905#111573
1904#111547
1903#104547
1902#104569
1901#93562
1900#94711
1899#89611
1898#87678
1897#90614#1,0575
1896#87628
1895#82677
1894#82630
1893#75668
1892#73705
1891#71620
1890#67707
1889#70622
1888#67692
1887#65595
1886#65591
1885#66536#9365
1884#67522
1883#64494
1882#67439
1881#62419
1880#65403
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nettie was already there! It came in at #65, and was given to 403 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2013, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nettie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,088 spots since 2024 (#6,642#5,554)
  • 2,852 spots since 2020 (#8,406#5,554)
  • 5,312 spots since 2015 (#10,866#5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1954 (#599#581)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1959 (#732#848)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #62 (419 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 74 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1880–1901
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 219
  • Highest: 1 in 219 girls born in 1881 were named Nettie (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.9% of all girls named Nettie (9,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,313#62 (1881)#66
1890s6,538#67 (1890)#80
1900s5,680#93 (1901)#111
1910s9,332#129 (1910)#158
1920s8,992#181 (1920)#213
1930s5,461#242 (1930)#266
1940s3,729#303 (1940)#381
1950s2,185#474 (1950)#634
1960s908#874 (1960)#1,233
1970s418#1,672 (1975)#2,126
1980s295#2,529 (1981)#3,123
1990s210#3,581 (1992)#4,958
2000s138#5,254 (2002)#8,257
2010s136#6,176 (2019)#8,542
2020s108#5,554 (2025)#6,543

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nettie in 1951

girls
#535
245 births · 1 in 7,350 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #535Nettie245
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 7,350 of them was named Nettie, which outranked 91.4% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nettie
  1. #531Kathi247
  2. #533Ina246
  3. #533Roslyn246
  4. #535Nettie245
  5. #536Estelle244
  6. #537Addie243
  7. #537Edwina243
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951