Nina

#324 for girls in 2025, 946 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1887 · 266 births
Debut · girls
119 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
133,788
since 1880

Nina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nina has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #114, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#324946
2024#321960
2023#338920
2022#3121,025
2021#3231,005
2020#327944
2019#3181,006
2018#3191,029
2017#3191,020
2016#3091,047
2015#2991,080
2014#2951,110
2013#2841,116
2012#2901,093
2011#3031,051
2010#3181,002
2009#2891,149
2008#2771,230
2007#2681,270
2006#2761,212
2005#2521,287
2004#2431,326
2003#2391,356
2002#2431,320
2001#2431,306
2000#2191,428
1999#2191,437
1998#2311,348
1997#2341,284
1996#2411,157
1995#279989#7,7926
1994#2651,062#8,8005
1993#2711,016
1992#2691,051
1991#2541,102
1990#2601,102#5,8238
1989#2341,172#4,81110
1988#2121,227#5,2008
1987#2091,265#4,9688
1986#2431,073#4,13010
1985#2141,200#5,7856
1984#2001,342#3,92510
1983#1971,345
1982#1931,427#5,0037
1981#1661,701#5,4686
1980#1481,889#4,9407
1979#284857
1978#375565
1977#354625
1976#368567
1975#312726
1974#313732
1973#314741#5,1015
1972#306799#4,4416
1971#316839
1970#325824
1969#315813#2,86110
1968#310805
1967#269978
1966#2591,064
1965#2651,059#3,9305
1964#2661,143
1963#2491,273
1962#2481,278#4,0335
1961#2511,242#3,3567
1960#2481,235#3,3377
1959#2361,339#3,9885
1958#2511,194
1957#2321,320#3,9935
1956#2281,326#3,9425
1955#2201,351
1954#2061,489
1953#2151,377
1952#2101,356
1951#2411,035
1950#2381,011
1949#243943
1948#2341,022
1947#235999#3,7335
1946#2261,013
1945#216882
1944#2011,007
1943#214939
1942#217915
1941#205878#3,1336
1940#196911
1939#194917
1938#192972#3,5345
1937#196901#3,5185
1936#193937#3,5495
1935#184966#2,5299
1934#1781,027#3,6795
1933#177976
1932#187974
1931#182997#3,7635
1930#193996#4,0015
1929#197968
1928#1971,023#3,3577
1927#1951,057
1926#1871,111#4,2015
1925#1841,197#4,1975
1924#1851,212#4,3475
1923#1821,192
1922#1881,131
1921#1811,212
1920#1791,226
1919#1781,124
1918#1761,165#3,7286
1917#1741,154#3,5456
1916#1701,130#3,8975
1915#1711,085
1914#171828
1913#173668
1912#170582
1911#165466
1910#160478
1909#159434
1908#150449
1907#152433
1906#164340
1905#159354
1904#156348
1903#153345
1902#145369
1901#160295
1900#155376
1899#125390
1898#134383
1897#142336
1896#147320
1895#133348#1,0795
1894#127347
1893#128330
1892#127340
1891#131273
1890#126314
1889#120315
1888#119304
1887#114266
1886#119238
1885#130193#9365
1884#131187
1883#120177
1882#120171
1881#129123
1880#134119
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nina was already there! It came in at #134, and was given to 119 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 180 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#321#324)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#327#324)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#299#324)
  • Biggest jump: 136 spots in 1980 (#284#148)
  • Biggest drop: 56 spots in 1976 (#312#368)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #114 (266 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 549
  • Highest: 1 in 549 girls born in 1887 were named Nina (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,699 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 10.2% of all girls named Nina (13,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,093#114 (1887)#124
1890s3,381#125 (1899)#132
1900s3,743#145 (1902)#155
1910s8,680#160 (1910)#171
1920s11,329#179 (1920)#188
1930s9,663#177 (1933)#188
1940s9,509#196 (1940)#219
1950s12,798#206 (1954)#228
1960s10,890#248 (1962)#268
1970s7,275#284 (1979)#327
1980s13,641#148 (1980)#202
1990s11,548#219 (1999)#252
2000s12,884#219 (2000)#255
2010s10,554#284 (2013)#305
2020s5,800#312 (2022)#324

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.

Nina in 1926

girls
#187
1,111 births · 1 in 1,067 girls
boys
#4,201
5 births · 1 in 222,101 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #187Nina1,111

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #4,201Nina5
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,067 of them was named Nina, which outranked 96.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nina
  1. #184Susie1,153
  2. #185Rebecca1,144
  3. #186Estelle1,113
  4. #187Nina1,111
  5. #187Winifred1,111
  6. #189Maggie1,092
  7. #190Lila1,085
  8. #191Johnnie1,073

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 222,101 of them was named Nina, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nina
  1. #3,708Zelma6
  2. #3,708Zolton6
  3. #3,708Zygmund6
  4. #4,201Nina5
  5. #4,201Abby5
  6. #4,201Acey5
  7. #4,201Add5

Tied with 636 names at #4,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926