# Nina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈniːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ninoscka |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 134,038 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 250 / 133,788 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,603, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на (Nína), the name of a Georgian saint in the fourth century, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an Italian short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna. Phonologically or orthographically similar names are present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. In many of those, it is a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina. (hidden message in crossword): After Nina Hirschfeld, the daughter of the American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld; her name was often concealed in his drawings.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,051 | 304 |
| 2012 | 1,093 | 290 |
| 2013 | 1,116 | 284 |
| 2014 | 1,110 | 295 |
| 2015 | 1,080 | 299 |
| 2016 | 1,047 | 309 |
| 2017 | 1,020 | 321 |
| 2018 | 1,029 | 319 |
| 2019 | 1,006 | 319 |
| 2020 | 944 | 327 |
| 2021 | 1,005 | 324 |
| 2022 | 1,025 | 313 |
| 2023 | 920 | 338 |
| 2024 | 960 | 321 |
| 2025 | 946 | 324 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 10 | 3,003 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,806 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,644 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,336 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,022 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,438 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,125 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,290 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,375 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,306 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,576 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,072 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,247 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,833 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,574 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 263 | 195 |
| 2012 | 291 | 176 |
| 2013 | 279 | 189 |
| 2014 | 331 | 166 |
| 2015 | 267 | 203 |
| 2016 | 354 | 157 |
| 2017 | 348 | 159 |
| 2018 | 345 | 151 |
| 2019 | 360 | 139 |
| 2020 | 350 | 145 |
| 2021 | 360 | 137 |
| 2022 | 323 | 151 |
| 2023 | 317 | 161 |
| 2024 | 315 | 160 |
| 2025 | 318 | 157 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Nina
- Danish: Nina
- Finnish: Niina, Nina
- French: Nina
- Georgian: ნინა
- German: Nina
- Greek: Νίνα
- Italian: Nina
- Latvian: Ņina
- Norwegian: Nina
- Polish: Nina
- Portuguese: Nina
- Russian: Ни́на
- Swedish: Nina
- Ukrainian: Ніна

## People named Nina

- Nina Badrić, Croatian singer
- Nina Hoss, German actress
- Nina Hartley, American pornographic film actress (born 1959)
- Nina Sublati, Georgian singer
- Nina Kennedy, Australian athlete
- Nina Kraljić, Croatian singer
- Nina Foch, American actress (1924–2008)
- Nina Mercedez, American former pornographic actress, producer and director
- Nina Agdal, Danish model
- Nina Derwael, Belgian artistic gymnast
- Nina Burger, Austrian footballer
- Nina Arianda, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.