Meaning not yet researched.
Nina: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 946 in 2025. Its best rank was #115 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #115 in 1887; #324 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Nina in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#324 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #115.
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Nina: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 946 girls in 2025. Peak: #115 in 1887 · most girls in one year: 1,889 (1980).
In 2025, 946 US girls were named Nina, making it the 324th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #321 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 960 girls named Nina in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #115, reached in 1887. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,889, in 1980. For comparison, it was #299 in 2015 and #238 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nina in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 119 babies with the name. In all, 134,038 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 13,713 babies named Nina.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,902 US girls were named Nina; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,047. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,699 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Nina ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #88 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Nia (25,432 babies since 1880), Mina (19,939 babies since 1880) and Nena (4,896 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ninfa, Neena and Anina are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Atayal, Czech, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ninfa (2,464), Neena (1,775), Anina (646), Nyana (477), Niyana (411), Niana (294), Ninah (217), Nyna (184), Nini (164), Nianna (128), Ninna (61), Neona (53), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Nina in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 9 | #88 | #96 |
| Connecticut | 23 | #134 | #152 |
| New York | 102 | #161 | #165 |
| Massachusetts | 32 | #178 | #130 |
| New Jersey | 45 | #184 | #185 |
| Michigan | 37 | #251 | #288 |
| Washington | 29 | #252 | #292 |
| Illinois | 41 | #261 | #224 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | #269 | #222 |
| Florida | 69 | #278 | #240 |
| Oregon | 13 | #291 | #274 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #306 | #325 |
| Ohio | 36 | #313 | #333 |
| Virginia | 25 | #331 | #351 |
| California | 94 | #348 | #278 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #368 | #317 |
| Minnesota | 15 | #370 | #275 |
| Colorado | 16 | #385 | #291 |
| Arizona | 17 | #408 | #483 |
| Indiana | 17 | #410 | #468 |
| Nevada | 7 | #413 | #395 |
| Iowa | 8 | #425 | #401 |
| Utah | 10 | #434 | #543 |
| Missouri | 14 | #438 | #438 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #438 | #417 |
| Georgia | 26 | #447 | #584 |
| Texas | 74 | #456 | #411 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #509 | #453 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #583 | #386 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #609 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #620 | #781 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #637 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #639 | #731 |
| Kansas | 5 | #663 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #680 | #461 |
| Maryland | 7 | #705 | #258 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 946 | #324 | — | — |
| 2024 | 960 | #321 | — | — |
| 2023 | 920 | #338 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,025 | #313 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,005 | #324 | — | — |
| 2020 | 944 | #327 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,006 | #319 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,029 | #319 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,020 | #321 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,047 | #309 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,080 | #299 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,110 | #295 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,116 | #284 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,093 | #290 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,051 | #304 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,002 | #318 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,149 | #289 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,230 | #277 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,270 | #268 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,212 | #276 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,287 | #252 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,326 | #243 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,356 | #240 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,320 | #243 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,306 | #243 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,428 | #219 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,437 | #219 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,348 | #231 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,284 | #234 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,157 | #243 | — | — |
| 1995 | 989 | #280 | 6 | #8,574 |
| 1994 | 1,062 | #265 | 5 | #9,833 |
| 1993 | 1,016 | #272 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1,051 | #269 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,102 | #254 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,102 | #260 | 8 | #6,247 |
| 1989 | 1,172 | #234 | 10 | #5,072 |
| 1988 | 1,227 | #212 | 8 | #5,576 |
| 1987 | 1,265 | #209 | 8 | #5,306 |
| 1986 | 1,073 | #243 | 10 | #4,375 |
| 1985 | 1,200 | #214 | 6 | #6,290 |
| 1984 | 1,342 | #200 | 10 | #4,125 |
| 1983 | 1,345 | #197 | — | — |
| 1982 | 1,427 | #193 | 7 | #5,438 |
| 1981 | 1,701 | #166 | 6 | #6,022 |
| 1980 | 1,889 | #148 | 7 | #5,336 |
| 1979 | 857 | #284 | — | — |
| 1978 | 565 | #375 | — | — |
| 1977 | 625 | #354 | — | — |
| 1976 | 567 | #368 | — | — |
| 1975 | 726 | #312 | — | — |
| 1974 | 732 | #313 | — | — |
| 1973 | 741 | #314 | 5 | #5,644 |
| 1972 | 799 | #306 | 6 | #4,806 |
| 1971 | 839 | #316 | — | — |
| 1970 | 824 | #325 | — | — |
| 1969 | 813 | #315 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1968 | 805 | #310 | — | — |
| 1967 | 978 | #269 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1,064 | #259 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,059 | #265 | 5 | #4,278 |
| 1964 | 1,143 | #266 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,273 | #249 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,278 | #248 | 5 | #4,469 |
| 1961 | 1,242 | #251 | 7 | #3,572 |
| 1960 | 1,235 | #248 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1959 | 1,339 | #236 | 5 | #4,397 |
| 1958 | 1,194 | #251 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,320 | #232 | 5 | #4,379 |
| 1956 | 1,326 | #228 | 5 | #4,312 |
| 1955 | 1,351 | #220 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,489 | #206 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,377 | #215 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,356 | #210 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,035 | #241 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,011 | #238 | — | — |
| 1949 | 943 | #243 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,022 | #234 | — | — |
| 1947 | 999 | #235 | 5 | #4,107 |
| 1946 | 1,013 | #226 | — | — |
| 1945 | 882 | #217 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,007 | #201 | — | — |
| 1943 | 939 | #214 | — | — |
| 1942 | 915 | #217 | — | — |
| 1941 | 878 | #205 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 1940 | 911 | #196 | — | — |
| 1939 | 917 | #194 | — | — |
| 1938 | 972 | #192 | 5 | #3,885 |
| 1937 | 901 | #196 | 5 | #3,880 |
| 1936 | 937 | #194 | 5 | #3,916 |
| 1935 | 966 | #184 | 9 | #2,656 |
| 1934 | 1,027 | #178 | 5 | #4,051 |
| 1933 | 976 | #177 | — | — |
| 1932 | 974 | #187 | — | — |
| 1931 | 997 | #182 | 5 | #4,161 |
| 1930 | 996 | #193 | 5 | #4,387 |
| 1929 | 968 | #197 | — | — |
| 1928 | 1,023 | #197 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1927 | 1,057 | #195 | — | — |
| 1926 | 1,111 | #187 | 5 | #4,637 |
| 1925 | 1,197 | #184 | 5 | #4,709 |
| 1924 | 1,212 | #186 | 5 | #4,775 |
| 1923 | 1,192 | #182 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,131 | #188 | — | — |
| 1921 | 1,212 | #181 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,226 | #179 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,124 | #178 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,165 | #176 | 6 | #4,038 |
| 1917 | 1,154 | #174 | 6 | #3,851 |
| 1916 | 1,130 | #170 | 5 | #4,321 |
| 1915 | 1,085 | #171 | — | — |
| 1914 | 828 | #171 | — | — |
| 1913 | 668 | #174 | — | — |
| 1912 | 582 | #170 | — | — |
| 1911 | 466 | #165 | — | — |
| 1910 | 478 | #160 | — | — |
| 1909 | 434 | #159 | — | — |
| 1908 | 449 | #151 | — | — |
| 1907 | 433 | #152 | — | — |
| 1906 | 340 | #164 | — | — |
| 1905 | 354 | #159 | — | — |
| 1904 | 348 | #156 | — | — |
| 1903 | 345 | #153 | — | — |
| 1902 | 369 | #145 | — | — |
| 1901 | 295 | #160 | — | — |
| 1900 | 376 | #155 | — | — |
| 1899 | 390 | #125 | — | — |
| 1898 | 383 | #134 | — | — |
| 1897 | 336 | #142 | — | — |
| 1896 | 320 | #148 | — | — |
| 1895 | 348 | #133 | 5 | #1,203 |
| 1894 | 347 | #127 | — | — |
| 1893 | 330 | #128 | — | — |
| 1892 | 340 | #127 | — | — |
| 1891 | 273 | #131 | — | — |
| 1890 | 314 | #126 | — | — |
| 1889 | 315 | #121 | — | — |
| 1888 | 304 | #120 | — | — |
| 1887 | 266 | #115 | — | — |
| 1886 | 238 | #119 | — | — |
| 1885 | 193 | #130 | 5 | #1,048 |
| 1884 | 187 | #131 | — | — |
| 1883 | 177 | #120 | — | — |
| 1882 | 171 | #120 | — | — |
| 1881 | 123 | #129 | — | — |
| 1880 | 119 | #135 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).