Ninnie — girls' name
136 babies named Ninnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1890. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Ninnie was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ninnie in 1890 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ninnie
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Ninnie between 1881 and 1936, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ninnie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ninnie performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ninnie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ninnie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ninnie at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ninnie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1881
- Peak year (1890)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
136 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1890 with 10 births in a single year.
Ninnie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 46 births that decade — 34% of Ninnie's all-time total
Ninnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Ninnie's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–1936 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.