Girls' name · since 1910
Ninfa
Ninfa has 2,464 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,464
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
2,464 babies have been named Ninfa since 1910, making it today's #15027 girls' name.
Ninfa has 2,464 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15027 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #4,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,027 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,464 born since 1910
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ninfa ranks #4,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,027 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,464 born since 1910, peaking in the 1940s.
- #4,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,464
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ninfa's 2,464 recorded births place it above 94.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ninfa compares
2,464 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Ninfa's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ninfa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,464 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ninfa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ninfa's full recorded timeline at 1964, 31% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 69% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ninfa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1928)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Ninfa by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (390 births, 16% of the file).
1940s was Ninfa's strongest decade.
390 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Ninfa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 111
1910s
111 births
- 1920s
1920s
352 births
- 1930s
1930s
347 births
- 1940s
1940s
390 births
- 1950s
1950s
362 births
- 1960s
1960s
278 births
- 1970s
1970s
193 births
- 1980s
1980s
164 births
- 1990s 139
1990s
139 births
- 2000s 77
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 390 births (16% of all-time use).
How Ninfa 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 Ninfa's total volume
Ninfa by state
Where Ninfa concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,569 | 63.7% |
| #2 | California | | 103 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 47 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New Mexico | | 10 | 0.4% |
1,569 of 2,464 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Ninfa's data
- Ninfa's decade-level peak was the 1940s (390 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ninfas (1,569 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ninfa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Ninfa 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.