Nina
Girl · NEE-na
Nina is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 139th for girls in the UK (408 babies) and 324th for girls in the US (946 babies).
What does Nina mean?
Short form of names such as Antonina; matches Spanish nina, little girl
Saint Nino, or Nina, is honoured for bringing Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century.
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Is Nina a girl's or a boy's name?
Nina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 408 girls in the UK and 946 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #139among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 408about 1 in 680 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 408 girls in the UK were named Nina, making it the 139th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 133rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 419 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 157th in England and Wales, 66th in Scotland and 75th in Northern Ireland.
Nina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 408 | #139 |
| 2024 | 391 | #142 |
| 2023 | 392 | #143 |
| 2022 | 398 | #146 |
| 2021 | 417 | #137 |
| 2020 | 419 | #133 |
| 2019 | 414 | #140 |
| 2018 | 416 | #146 |
| 2017 | 414 | #147 |
| 2016 | 406 | #150 |
| 2015 | 328 | #190 |
| 2014 | 380 | #165 |
| 2013 | 333 | #178 |
| 2012 | 329 | #174 |
| 2011 | 314 | #185 |
| 2010 | 256 | #226 |
| 2009 | 240 | #229 |
| 2008 | 236 | #243 |
| 2007 | 247 | #231 |
| 2006 | 220 | #243 |
| 2005 | 214 | #240 |
| 2004 | 222 | #231 |
| 2003 | 213 | #238 |
| 2002 | 176 | #259 |
| 2001 | 174 | #262 |
| 2000 | 183 | #252 |
| 1999 | 222 | #218 |
| 1998 | 216 | #226 |
| 1997 | 214 | #218 |
| 1996 | 177 | #249 |
How popular is Nina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 946about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 946 girls in the US were named Nina, making it the 324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 327th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 1,889 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nina in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 946 | #324 |
| 2024 | 960 | #321 |
| 2023 | 920 | #338 |
| 2022 | 1,025 | #312 |
| 2021 | 1,005 | #323 |
| 2020 | 944 | #327 |
| 2019 | 1,006 | #318 |
| 2018 | 1,029 | #319 |
| 2017 | 1,020 | #319 |
| 2016 | 1,047 | #309 |
| 2015 | 1,080 | #299 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | #295 |
| 2013 | 1,116 | #284 |
| 2012 | 1,093 | #290 |
| 2011 | 1,051 | #303 |
| 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 | #239 |
| 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 | #241 |
| 1995 | 989 | #279 |
| 1994 | 1,062 | #265 |
| 1993 | 1,016 | #271 |
| 1992 | 1,051 | #269 |
| 1991 | 1,102 | #254 |
| 1990 | 1,102 | #260 |
| 1989 | 1,172 | #234 |
| 1988 | 1,227 | #212 |
| 1987 | 1,265 | #209 |
| 1986 | 1,073 | #243 |
| 1985 | 1,200 | #214 |
| 1984 | 1,342 | #200 |
| 1983 | 1,345 | #197 |
| 1982 | 1,427 | #193 |
| 1981 | 1,701 | #166 |
| 1980 | 1,889 | #148 |
| 1979 | 857 | #284 |
| 1978 | 565 | #375 |
| 1977 | 625 | #354 |
| 1976 | 567 | #368 |
| 1975 | 726 | #312 |
| 1974 | 732 | #313 |
| 1973 | 741 | #314 |
| 1972 | 799 | #306 |
| 1971 | 839 | #316 |
| 1970 | 824 | #325 |
| 1969 | 813 | #315 |
| 1968 | 805 | #310 |
| 1967 | 978 | #269 |
| 1966 | 1,064 | #259 |
| 1965 | 1,059 | #265 |
| 1964 | 1,143 | #266 |
| 1963 | 1,273 | #249 |
| 1962 | 1,278 | #248 |
| 1961 | 1,242 | #251 |
| 1960 | 1,235 | #248 |
| 1959 | 1,339 | #236 |
| 1958 | 1,194 | #251 |
| 1957 | 1,320 | #232 |
| 1956 | 1,326 | #228 |
| 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 |
| 1946 | 1,013 | #226 |
| 1945 | 882 | #216 |
| 1944 | 1,007 | #201 |
| 1943 | 939 | #214 |
| 1942 | 915 | #217 |
| 1941 | 878 | #205 |
| 1940 | 911 | #196 |
| 1939 | 917 | #194 |
| 1938 | 972 | #192 |
| 1937 | 901 | #196 |
| 1936 | 937 | #193 |
| 1935 | 966 | #184 |
| 1934 | 1,027 | #178 |
| 1933 | 976 | #177 |
| 1932 | 974 | #187 |
| 1931 | 997 | #182 |
| 1930 | 996 | #193 |
| 1929 | 968 | #197 |
| 1928 | 1,023 | #197 |
| 1927 | 1,057 | #195 |
| 1926 | 1,111 | #187 |
| 1925 | 1,197 | #184 |
| 1924 | 1,212 | #185 |
| 1923 | 1,192 | #182 |
| 1922 | 1,131 | #188 |
| 1921 | 1,212 | #181 |
| 1920 | 1,226 | #179 |
| 1919 | 1,124 | #178 |
| 1918 | 1,165 | #176 |
| 1917 | 1,154 | #174 |
| 1916 | 1,130 | #170 |
| 1915 | 1,085 | #171 |
| 1914 | 828 | #171 |
| 1913 | 668 | #173 |
| 1912 | 582 | #170 |
| 1911 | 466 | #165 |
| 1910 | 478 | #160 |
| 1909 | 434 | #159 |
| 1908 | 449 | #150 |
| 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 | #147 |
| 1895 | 348 | #133 |
| 1894 | 347 | #127 |
| 1893 | 330 | #128 |
| 1892 | 340 | #127 |
| 1891 | 273 | #131 |
| 1890 | 314 | #126 |
| 1889 | 315 | #120 |
| 1888 | 304 | #119 |
| 1887 | 266 | #114 |
| 1886 | 238 | #119 |
| 1885 | 193 | #130 |
| 1884 | 187 | #131 |
| 1883 | 177 | #120 |
| 1882 | 171 | #120 |
| 1881 | 123 | #129 |
| 1880 | 119 | #134 |
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