Girls' name · since 1992
Ninah
217 babies named Ninah in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,987 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
217 girls have been named Ninah since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ninah has been recorded 217 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2023.
- #18,987 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 217 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ninah ranks #18,987 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 217 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,987 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ninah's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ninah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ninah splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ninah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ninah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Ninah's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ninah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Ninah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ninah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1992–2023 (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 Ninah 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.