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Nettie

Gender
Girl
Say it
NET-ee
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,553 for girls

Nettie is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).

What does Nettie mean?

French: pet form of French-derived names such as Antoinette, Henrietta and Jeanette

Nettie is the sister of the heroine Celie in Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple (1982).

Is Nettie a girl's or a boy's name?

Nettie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nettie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nettie, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2015Busiest: 5 in 20182025
Nettie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20243#5,966
20234#4,915
20221#7,487
20211#7,491
20203#5,734
20190–
20185#4,204
20170–
20160–
20153#5,983

How popular is Nettie in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,553rd among girls
Babies in 2025
22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Nettie, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,167 girls.

2025 had more girls named Nettie than any year since 2002.

Half of all the girls named Nettie in the US since 1880 were born between 1900 and 1931. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 1,167 in 19182025
Nettie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202522#5,553
202417#6,639
202319#6,164
202221#5,790
202117#6,686
202012#8,401
201919#6,172
201813#8,142
201713#8,295
201619#6,398
20159#10,861
201415#7,633
201312#9,031
20128#12,193
201112#9,146
201016#7,510
200914#8,450
200810#10,802
200713#9,003
200612#9,282
200512#8,878
200418#6,484
200311#9,043
200222#5,250
200114#7,311
200012#8,020
199915#6,478
199815#6,355
199724#4,367
199615#6,059
199524#4,212
199416#5,707
199326#3,982
199230#3,575
199126#3,930
199019#4,863
198927#3,667
198828#3,388
198727#3,328
198629#3,133
198521#3,851
198431#2,850
198329#2,909
198231#2,900
198137#2,529
198035#2,651
197936#2,525
197845#2,092
197737#2,381
197627#2,791
197557#1,672
197440#2,066
197337#2,127
197252#1,698
197142#2,001
197045#1,904
196951#1,685
196845#1,749
196757#1,478
196671#1,284
196578#1,218
196490#1,163
1963110#1,016
1962118#985
1961147#879
1960141#874
1959145#848
1958182#731
1957181#740
1956214#654
1955207#645
1954242#580
1953218#598
1952259#525
1951245#534
1950292#473
1949292#469
1948318#447
1947332#447
1946373#392
1945313#400
1944370#361
1943434#342
1942437#333
1941433#316
1940427#303
1939460#290
1938490#283
1937521#275
1936475#277
1935585#259
1934545#265
1933543#262
1932597#257
1931588#249
1930657#242
1929669#237
1928711#233
1927772#233
1926839#218
1925897#214
1924942#207
1923998#202
1922989#203
19211,034#198
19201,141#181
19191,109#179
19181,167#175
19171,106#178
19161,125#171
19151,106#166
1914936#154
1913777#152
1912762#143
1911617#136
1910627#129
1909549#128
1908543#128
1907542#121
1906537#116
1905573#111
1904547#111
1903547#104
1902569#104
1901562#93
1900711#94
1899611#89
1898678#87
1897614#90
1896628#87
1895677#82
1894630#82
1893668#75
1892705#73
1891620#71
1890707#67
1889622#70
1888692#67
1887595#65
1886591#65
1885536#66
1884522#67
1883494#64
1882439#67
1881419#62
1880403#65

Names like Nettie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Nellie, Lottie, Elsie, Winnie, Annie, Rosie, Hattie, Frankie, Florence, Effie, Ottilie, Millie

Names related to Nettie

Netta

More French names

Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Nettie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nettie, updated 20 October 2026.