Ninfa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEEN-fa
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ninfa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “nymph”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ninfa mean?
Greek: Italian and Spanish form of Greek nymphe 'nymph'
“nymph”
Also the name of a ruined medieval town south of Rome, known for its gardens.
Is Ninfa a girl's or a boy's name?
Ninfa 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 Ninfa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ninfa, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1928, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Ninfa in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ninfa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,661 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,578 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1948 | 51 | #1,284 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,269 |
| 1946 | 50 | #1,219 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,577 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,466 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,438 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 42 | #1,111 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,449 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,079 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 54 | #1,015 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,127 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,166 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,296 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,514 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
Names like Ninfa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rita, Barbara, Elaine, Martha, Linda, Sandra, Loretta, Teresa, Bonnie, Norma, Paula, Nina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Ninfa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ninfa, updated 20 October 2026.