Girls' name · since 2017
Ning
16 babies named Ning in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ning sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 2017.
Ning has 16 recorded births among girls since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2022.
- #49,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2017
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ning ranks #49,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2017, peaking in the 2010s.
- #49,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ning's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ning's full recorded timeline at 2022, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ning popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2022
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Ning by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Ning's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Ning births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Ning's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ning: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 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, 2017–2022 (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 Ning 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.