Girls' name · since 1880
Netta
Netta has 1,116 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,116
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Netta is the #10117 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,116 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Netta has been recorded 1,116 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #10117 nationally and more common than 42% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #6,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,117 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,116 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Netta ranks #6,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,117 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,116 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,116
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Netta's 1,116 recorded births place it above 90.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Netta compares
1,116 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Netta's all-time total is 197% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Netta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Netta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Netta's full recorded timeline at 1941, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Netta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Netta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (155 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Netta's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Netta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
62 births
- 1890s
1890s
72 births
- 1900s 52
1900s
52 births
- 1910s
1910s
136 births
- 1920s
1920s
155 births
- 1930s
1930s
114 births
- 1940s
1940s
121 births
- 1950s
1950s
129 births
- 1960s
1960s
68 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 155 births (14% of all-time use).
How Netta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Netta's total volume
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What to do with Netta's data
- Netta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (155 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Netta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Netta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.