NameTides

Nina

Nina was the #324 girls' name in the US in 2025 (946 babies), and #157 in England & Wales and #198 in Canada.

Nina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Nina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Nina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#324 (946)#157 (318)#66 (62)#74 (28)#112 (41)#198 (152)#77 (80)
2024#321 (960)#160 (315)#97 (43)#63 (33)#96 (49)#211 (139)#86 (69)
2023#338 (920)#161 (317)#86 (50)#84 (25)#100 (50)#184 (149)#84 (65)
2022#312 (1,025)#151 (323)#80 (51)#90 (24)#88 (63)#189 (150)—
2021#323 (1,005)#137 (360)#126 (35)#104 (22)#94 (58)#236 (133)#90 (66)
2020#327 (944)#145 (350)#86 (50)#111 (19)#83 (63)#200 (143)—
2019#318 (1,006)#139 (360)#126 (38)#131 (16)#119 (46)#231 (132)#82 (76)
2018#319 (1,029)#151 (345)#95 (47)#101 (24)#116 (49)#189 (156)—
2017#319 (1,020)#159 (348)#94 (49)#134 (17)#99 (62)#224 (139)—
2016#309 (1,047)#157 (354)#127 (38)#159 (14)#140 (42)#196 (157)—
2015#299 (1,080)#203 (267)#101 (46)#155 (15)#106 (58)#253 (130)—
2014#295 (1,110)#166 (331)#124 (39)#191 (10)#147 (40)#271 (121)—
2013#284 (1,116)#189 (279)#112 (42)#167 (12)#119 (51)#257 (127)—
2012#290 (1,093)#176 (291)#146 (32)#297 (6)#146 (39)#247 (137)—
2011#303 (1,051)#195 (263)#112 (41)#189 (10)#159 (38)#268 (123)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #114.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 800common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 290common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 260common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 520common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 980common

Next year

On its recent trend, Nina is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #246WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #256ILMichigan: #244MINew York: #159NYMassachusetts: #173MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #309OHPennsylvania: #264PANew Jersey: #179NJConnecticut: #130CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #346CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #325VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #448TXFlorida: #277FL
Nina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#16466
Quebec2025#21727

Nina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NinaCanadaGirls#198152
NinaEngland & WalesGirls#157318
NinaIrelandGirls#11241
NinaNorthern IrelandGirls#7428
NinaScotlandGirls#6662
NinaUSGirls#324946
NinaUSBoys—too few
NinaVICGirls#7780