Nina
Nina is ranked 321st among girls in 2024 (955 births). Its best rank was 115th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- #321up 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9550.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 19801,889 births
- Best rank
- #115in 1887
- Since 1880
- 132,820people given the name
The story in the numbers
132,820 girls have been named Nina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 1,889 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 295 → 321).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1980s alone account for 10%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,093 | |
| 1890s | 3,381 | |
| 1900s | 3,743 | |
| 1910s | 8,680 | |
| 1920s | 11,329 | |
| 1930s | 9,663 | |
| 1940s | 9,509 | |
| 1950s | 12,798 | |
| 1960s | 10,891 | |
| 1970s | 7,277 | |
| 1980s | 13,637 | |
| 1990s | 11,546 | |
| 2000s | 12,882 | |
| 2010s | 10,545 | |
| 2020s | 4,846 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Nina was the 148th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Nina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Juliapeak 2001
- Nanapeak 2000
- Flaviapeak 1921
- Adelapeak 2015
- Corinnepeak 1978
- Helenapeak 2024
- Johannapeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.