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Nina

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~90,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#324 among girls
Births in 2025
946 134,038 since 1880
Typical age
39 years, median

Nina popularity over time

Nina rank by birth year, 1880–2025Nina ranked #134 in 1880 and #324 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #114, in 1887.#324best #114 in 188718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1980: 1,896 births recorded as Nina. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Nina has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 146 years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #324, with 946 births that year.

Babies named Nina per yearPeaks at 1,896 births in 1980.1,896 in 1980018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Nina?

About 90,100 people named Nina are alive in the United States today. That is out of 134,038 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Nina?

Median age among living Ninas: 39. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Nina a late 20th-century name.

Your Nina

Ages of living people named NinaHalf of living Ninas are older than 39 and half younger.median 39020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Nina is most common

The name is concentrated in District of Columbia, at 5.5× the national rate. Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York follow.

Where Nina is used more than average5 states use the name Nina more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.1× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.0× the national rateNJConnecticut: 2.2× the national rateCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 2.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 5.5× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Nina is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 99 5.5×
Massachusetts 361 2.4×
Connecticut 162 2.2×
New York 1,059 2.1×
New Jersey 447 2.0×

Nina in England and Wales

ONS recorded 318 births named Nina in 2025, ranking it #157.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Nina comes from

Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на, the name of a Georgian saint in the fourth century, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an Italian short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Nina

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Nina Badrić Croatian singer 1972 66
Nina Hagen German singer, songwriter, and actress 1955 63
Nina Hoss German actress 1975 45
Nina Hartley American pornographic film actress 1959 42
Nina Sublatti Georgian singer 1995 39
Nina Persson Swedish singer 1974 35
Nina Berberova Russian novelist and short story writer 1901–1993 35
Nina Kraljić Croatian singer 1992 34
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 857 in 1979 to 1,896 in 1980 — 2.2 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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