Ninette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-NET
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ninette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ninette mean?
French: French diminutive of Nine or Nina
Ninette de Valois, who founded what became the Royal Ballet, took this as her professional name.
Is Ninette a girl's or a boy's name?
Ninette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ninette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ninette, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1964, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Ninette in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ninette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
Nicknames for Ninette
- Nina 408 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ninette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amy Nicole Michelle Annette Paulette Noelle Denise Yvette Katherine Danielle Nicolette Celeste
Names related to Ninette
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ninette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ninette, updated 20 October 2026.