Nina
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Nina is also given to boys.
Pronounced NEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Nina ranked #324 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #115 in 1887, Nameberry popularity #212.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #295 | 1,108 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #300 | 1,079 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #309 | 1,047 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #322 | 1,019 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #319 | 1,028 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #319 | 1,005 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #327 | 944 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #324 | 1,003 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #312 | 1,025 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #338 | 919 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #321 | 955 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #324 | 946 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Nina on lists
Famous Ninas
- NinaGirl
Spanish musical actress and singer
- Nina BazzyGirl
Aliahmad, personality on reality TV series "All,American Muslim"
- NinaGirl
Baroness van Pallandt, Danish singer/actress
- Nina AgdalGirl
Danish model
- Nina AntoniaGirl
English music critic
- Nina ArvesenGirl
American actress
- Nina AstromGirl
Finnish singer
- Nina AuerbachGirl
American professor
- Nina AxelrodGirl
American actress
- Nina BadenGirl
Semper, English actress
- Nina BawdenGirl
English author
- Nina BlackwoodGirl
American disc jockey
- Nina BurleighGirl
American journalist
- Nina ByersGirl
American physicist
- Nina ByronGirl
American silent film actress
- Nina CarterGirl
English singer
- Nina CliffordGirl
American madam
- Nina ColtartGirl
English psychoanalyst
- Nina ContiGirl
English actress
- Nikolina "Nina Dobrev" DobrevaGirl
Bulgarian,Canadian actress
- Nina DouglasGirl
Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton & Brandon
- Nina EastonGirl
American journalist
- Nina EliasGirl
Bamberger, American TV producer
- Nina EtkinGirl
American anthropologist and botanist
- Nina FedoroffGirl
American biologist
- Nina FlowersGirl
(Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez) Puerto Rican Drag Queen and 1st Runner Up of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season One
- Nina FochGirl
American actress
- Nina GarciaGirl
American fashion journalist and TV personality
- Nina GershonGirl
American judge
- Nina GordonGirl
American rock singer
- Nina HartleyGirl
American porn actress
- Nina Kiriki HoffmanGirl
American novelist
- Nina KumagayaGirl
Japanese voice actor
- Nina KuscsikGirl
American long,distance runner
- Nina NastasiaGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Nina NesbittGirl
Scottish singer,songwriter
- Nina PerssonGirl
Swedish singer (The Cardigans)
- Nina RicciGirl
French fashion designer
- Nina SicilianaGirl
Italian poet
- Nina SimoneGirl
born Eunice Waymon, American musician and activist
- Nina TotenbergGirl
American journalist
- Nina Lauren Nenitte de la Hoya (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of former professional boxer Oscar de la Hoya
- Nina Odette Hanson (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of American musician Isaac Hanson
- Nina Danielle SklarGirl
birth name of Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld
- Nina SerebrovaGirl
Instagram model
- Nina HellfieldGirl
American author of Poems for the Gods
Nina in pop culture
- Nina RosarioGirl
character from the Broadway musical "In The Heights"
- Nina ShoesGirl
brand of high,end shoes, mostly high heels
- Nina SayersGirl
Natalie Portman's character in the movie "Black Swan"
- NinaGirl
a ditzy recurring character played by Mark McKinney in TV's "The Kids In The Hall"
- Nina MartinGirl
character from Nickelodeon's "House of Anubis"
- Nina ZenikGirl
character in Leigh Bardugo's "Six of Crows"
- Nina HarperGirl
character in the animated series "Braceface"
- Nina CampbellGirl
character in TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun"
- Nina IdiGirl
a main character in the middle grade sci,fi book series "Shadow Children" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Nina TuckerGirl
a character in the anime "Fullmetal Alchemist"
- Nina WeiGirl
main character in the 21st century parallel story in "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See
- Nina ProudmanGirl
30,something obstetrician in the Australian television series "Offspring"
- Nina CarlisleGirl
FBI agent Duncan Carlisle's wife in "Hostages"
- NinaGirl
character in series "Benched"
- NinaGirl
Emily Elizabeth's good friend in the television series "Clifford's Puppy Days"
- Nina AshGirl
minor character on TV's "Angel"
- Nina Van HornGirl
character in TV's "Just Shoot Me!"
- Nina SharpGirl
character in TV series "Fringe"
- Nina BanksGirl
Diane Keaton's character from the film "Father of the Bride"
- NinaGirl
Chandler Bing's co,worker on an episode of "Friends"
- Nina YamadaGirl
character in Mamotte Lollipop, an anime and manga series
- NinaGirl
one of the dragonflies from game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Nina TuckerGirl
from Australian soap "Neighbours" played by Delta Goodrem
- Nina TherouxGirl
character from TV series "Alphas"
- Nina WrigleyGirl
character from "Wherever Nina Lies" by Lynn Weingarten
- Nina KatzGirl
minor character on TV's, "Sex And The City"
- Nina PattersonGirl
a minor character on MTV's "Scream"
- Nina GurzskyGirl
minor character in "X,Men: Apocalypse", daughter of Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto)
- Nina DevonGirl
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- Nina CalienteGirl
character in "Sims" series
- Nina AolaniGirl
character in "Sims" series
- "NinaGirl
" song by British musician Ed Sheeran
- Nina HarmsworthGirl
main character of children's novel "The Court of the Stone Children" by Eleanor Cameron
- Nina ThumbellGirl
daughter of Thumbelina in show and series "Ever After High"
- Nina KaneGirl
character from "The Stars Never Rise" by Rachel Vincent
- Nina RivaGirl
character in novel "Malibu Rising"