Nina
Top 1000
About Nina
Nina is as multiethnic as you can get: Nina is a common nickname name in Spain and Russia, a Babylonian goddess of the oceans, and an Incan goddess of fire. Here and now, it's a stylish possibility that's been underused. "Weird Al" Yankovic chose this decidedly nonweird name for his daughter.
Nina has been a permanent resident on the Social Security list, mainly in the low hundreds.
In literature, Nina Zarechnaia is one of the principle characters in Chekhov's drama The Seagull, as well as appearing in Trollope's Phineas Finn and Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies.
More recent real-life bearers have included jazz singer Nina Simone (born Eunice) and Nina Garcia of Project Runway fame.
Natalie Portman was awarded an Oscar for her role as ballerina Nina Sayers in the 2010 Black Swan.
Pronounced NEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Nina ranked #324 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #115 in 1887, Nameberry popularity #141.
Editor's take: The name Nina is a girl's name of Russian origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #295 | 1,108 | 620.3 |
| 2015 | #300 | 1,079 | 604.4 |
| 2016 | #309 | 1,047 | 590.9 |
| 2017 | #322 | 1,019 | 590.2 |
| 2018 | #319 | 1,028 | 604.3 |
| 2019 | #319 | 1,005 | 598.8 |
| 2020 | #327 | 944 | 584 |
| 2021 | #324 | 1,003 | 611.3 |
| 2022 | #312 | 1,025 | 625 |
| 2023 | #338 | 919 | 572.7 |
| 2024 | #321 | 955 | 589.4 |
| 2025 | #324 | 946 | 588.6 |
World rankings
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Nina on lists
Famous Ninas
- Nina
Spanish musical actress and singer
- Nina Bazzy
Aliahmad, personality on reality TV series "All,American Muslim"
- Nina
Baroness van Pallandt, Danish singer/actress
- Nina Agdal
Danish model
- Nina Antonia
English music critic
- Nina Arvesen
American actress
- Nina Astrom
Finnish singer
- Nina Auerbach
American professor
- Nina Axelrod
American actress
- Nina Baden
Semper, English actress
- Nina Bawden
English author
- Nina Blackwood
American disc jockey
- Nina Burleigh
American journalist
- Nina Byers
American physicist
- Nina Byron
American silent film actress
- Nina Carter
English singer
- Nina Clifford
American madam
- Nina Coltart
English psychoanalyst
- Nina Conti
English actress
- Nikolina "Nina Dobrev" Dobreva
Bulgarian,Canadian actress
- Nina Douglas
Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton & Brandon
- Nina Easton
American journalist
- Nina Elias
Bamberger, American TV producer
- Nina Etkin
American anthropologist and botanist
- Nina Fedoroff
American biologist
- Nina Flowers
(Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez) Puerto Rican Drag Queen and 1st Runner Up of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season One
- Nina Foch
American actress
- Nina Garcia
American fashion journalist and TV personality
- Nina Gershon
American judge
- Nina Gordon
American rock singer
- Nina Hartley
American porn actress
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman
American novelist
- Nina Kumagaya
Japanese voice actor
- Nina Kuscsik
American long,distance runner
- Nina Nastasia
American singer,songwriter
- Nina Nesbitt
Scottish singer,songwriter
- Nina Persson
Swedish singer (The Cardigans)
- Nina Ricci
French fashion designer
- Nina Siciliana
Italian poet
- Nina Simone
born Eunice Waymon, American musician and activist
- Nina Totenberg
American journalist
- Nina Lauren Nenitte de la Hoya (b. 2007)
daughter of former professional boxer Oscar de la Hoya
- Nina Odette Hanson (b. 2014)
daughter of American musician Isaac Hanson
- Nina Danielle Sklar
birth name of Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld
- Nina Serebrova
Instagram model
- Nina Hellfield
American author of Poems for the Gods
Nina in pop culture
- Nina Rosario
character from the Broadway musical "In The Heights"
- Nina Shoes
brand of high,end shoes, mostly high heels
- Nina Sayers
Natalie Portman's character in the movie "Black Swan"
- Nina
a ditzy recurring character played by Mark McKinney in TV's "The Kids In The Hall"
- Nina Martin
character from Nickelodeon's "House of Anubis"
- Nina Zenik
character in Leigh Bardugo's "Six of Crows"
- Nina Harper
character in the animated series "Braceface"
- Nina Campbell
character in TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun"
- Nina Idi
a main character in the middle grade sci,fi book series "Shadow Children" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Nina Tucker
a character in the anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
- Nina Wei
main character in the 21st century parallel story in "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See
- Nina Proudman
30,something obstetrician in the Australian television series "Offspring"
- Nina Carlisle
FBI agent Duncan Carlisle's wife in "Hostages"
- Nina
character in series "Benched"
- Nina
Emily Elizabeth's good friend in the television series "Clifford's Puppy Days"
- Nina Ash
minor character on TV's "Angel"
- Nina Van Horn
character in TV's "Just Shoot Me!"
- Nina Sharp
character in TV series "Fringe"
- Nina Banks
Diane Keaton's character from the film "Father of the Bride"
- Nina
Chandler Bing's co,worker on an episode of "Friends"
- Nina Yamada
character in Mamotte Lollipop, an anime and manga series
- Nina
one of the dragonflies from game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Nina Tucker
from Australian soap "Neighbours" played by Delta Goodrem
- Nina Theroux
character from TV series "Alphas"
- Nina Wrigley
character from "Wherever Nina Lies" by Lynn Weingarten
- Nina Katz
minor character on TV's, "Sex And The City"
- Nina Patterson
a minor character on MTV's "Scream"
- Nina Gurzsky
minor character in "X,Men: Apocalypse", daughter of Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto)
- Nina Devon
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- Nina Caliente
character in "Sims" series
- Nina Aolani
character in "Sims" series
- "Nina
" song by British musician Ed Sheeran
- Nina Harmsworth
main character of children's novel "The Court of the Stone Children" by Eleanor Cameron
- Nina Thumbell
daughter of Thumbelina in show and series "Ever After High"
- Nina Kane
character from "The Stars Never Rise" by Rachel Vincent
- Nina Riva
character in novel "Malibu Rising"