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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #114, 1887girls
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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#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 1957

girls
#232
1,320 births · 1 in 1,549 girls
boys
#3,993
5 births · 1 in 431,447 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #232Nina1,320

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #3,993Nina5
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 1,549 of them was named Nina, which outranked 96.7% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nina
  1. #229Pauline1,343
  2. #230Darla1,334
  3. #231Marla1,329
  4. #232Nina1,320
  5. #233April1,308
  6. #234Lauren1,306
  7. #235Janie1,304
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 431,447 of them was named Nina, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nina
  1. #3,552York6
  2. #3,552Yosef6
  3. #3,552Zigmund6
  4. #3,993Nina5
  5. #3,993Able5
  6. #3,993Albaro5
  7. #3,993Alcides5

Tied with 559 names at #3,993; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957