Girls' name · since 1983
Ninja
Ninja has 19 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ninja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 19 have been recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Ninja recorded 19 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1985.
- #46,597 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ninja ranks #46,597 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ninja's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ninja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ninja's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ninja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1985
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Ninja by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Ninja's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ninja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ninja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1983–1985 (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 Ninja 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.