Nina

femaleVarious (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)

A short form of names ending in '-nina', such as Antonina or Giannina; imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century.

Origin: Various (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #3 in Norway in 1967. See regions.

Nina: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #3 in 1964, and it stood at #112 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
205times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#3highest recorded position
40groupings it qualifies for
38names it appears alongside

What stands out in Nina's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 50 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 38 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

NEE-nah/ˈnʲi.nə/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Various (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)
Meaning: A short form of names ending in '-nina', such as Antonina or Giannina; imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century.
Pronunciation: NEE-nah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Various (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#247
1997	#217
1998	#216
1999	#212
2000	#242
2001	#259
2002	#259
2003	#245
2004	#230
2005	#244
2006	#254
2007	#243
2008	#250
2009	#235
2010	#235
2011	#195
2012	#176
2013	#189
2014	#166
2015	#203
2016	#157
2017	#159
2018	#151
2019	#139
2020	#145
2021	#137
2022	#151
2023	#161
2024	#160
2025	#157

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #112 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #157 among girls in England and Wales, #195 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #132 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #157 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Nina appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 18,701 births with the name.

Nina across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#132 (1945)	#3 (1964)	#195 (2025)	81 of 81	18,701 (1945–2025)	766 (1966)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1967)	#83 (2020)	#112 (2025)	54 of 59	1,137 (1967–2025)	63 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#247 (1996)	#137 (2021)	#157 (2025)	30 of 30	7,603 (1996–2025)	360 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#63 (2024)	#63 (2024)	28 of 28	328 (1997–2024)	33 (2024)
New Zealand · Girls	#94 (2011)	#63 (2014)	#77 (2022)	11 of 12	573 (2011–2022)	63 (2012)

Nina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	223	5 of 10	45
1950s	1,683	10 of 10	168
1960sbusiest	6,356	10 of 10	636
1970s	4,888	10 of 10	489
1980s	3,075	10 of 10	308
1990s	1,452	10 of 10	145
2000s	504	10 of 10	50
2010s	353	10 of 10	35
2020s	167	6 of 10	28

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 636 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1958 and 1959, when recorded births rose by 122, from 268 to 390.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Nina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 65 years, 50 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 766 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1967, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Nina was ranked #3 in Norway · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nimrat · #1044, 19y
Nimrod · #1986, 14y
Ninni · #263, 33y
Nino · #1962, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sandra · #3, 77y
Anita · #4, 81y
Ann · #4, 81y
Judith · #4, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anders · #3, 81y
Angela · #3, 74y
Anna · #3, 81y
Arthur · #3, 81y

Comparisons involving Nina

Existing comparison pages where Nina and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Nina in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anna vs Nina
Anna and Nina were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #195.
Anna · Nina · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Nina
Anne and Nina were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #195.
Anne · Nina · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Nina vs Astrid
Nina and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #195 and #9.
Nina · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Nina and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Bente vs Nina
In 1963, Nina moved ahead of Bente in Norway · Girls — #2 and #6 the year before became #8 and #5.
Bente · Nina · 61 shared years, 1945–2011 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1963 Norway ranking
Nina vs Kari
In 1963, Nina moved ahead of Kari in Norway · Girls — #6 and #5 the year before became #5 and #7.
Nina · Kari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1963 Norway ranking
Nina vs Marit
In 1963, Nina moved ahead of Marit in Norway · Girls — #6 and #4 the year before became #5 and #6.
Nina · Marit · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1963 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Nina measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Nina at its highest position.

Nina vs Elin
Nina and Elin were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #195 and #263.
Nina · Elin · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Nina vs Elise
Nina and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #195 and #63.
Nina · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Nina vs Ellen
Nina and Ellen were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #195 and #208.
Nina · Ellen · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Nina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nina without appearing here.

Nina moved ahead of

Violet
In 2006 they stood at #446 and #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #212 and #842.
Gail
In 2003 they stood at #446 and #409 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #272 and #677.
Elisabeth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #279 and #655.
Dianne
In 2000 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #302 and #606.

Moved ahead of Nina

Holly
In 1982 they stood at #386 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #529 and #365.
Isabella
In 1999 they stood at #227 and #291 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #348 and #198.
Isabelle
In 1988 they stood at #365 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #503 and #353.
Chloe
In 1984 they stood at #365 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #386.

Moved the opposite way to Nina

Ada
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 while Ada went from #229 to #18.
Alma
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 while Alma went from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ella
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 while Ella went from #137 to #4.

Moved the same way as Nina

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 and Anita from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 and Anne from #1 to #159.
Åse
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Nina went from #132 to #195 and Aud from #13 to #427.

Meaning & Origin

A short form of names ending in '-nina', such as Antonina or Giannina; imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Various (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Nina is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Nina, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	81	#3 in 1964
Republic of Ireland	1967–2025	54	#83 in 2020
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#137 in 2021
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#63 in 2024
New Zealand	2011–2022	11	#63 in 2014
Scotland	2024	1	#97 in 2024

Its high point came 60 years earlier in Norway (1964) than in Northern Ireland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

NEE-nah/ˈnʲi.nə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Nina Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Nina in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Nina

Nina at a glance

What stands out in Nina's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nina across 5 official records

Nina by decade in Norway · Girls

Nina appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Nina

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Nina

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Nina and the names beside it

Nina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nina

Moved the opposite way to Nina

Moved the same way as Nina

Meaning & Origin

Where Nina is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Nina Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Nina at a glance

What stands out in Nina's record

Nina across 5 official records

Nina by decade in Norway · Girls

Nina appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Nina

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Nina

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Nina and the names beside it

Nina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nina

Moved the opposite way to Nina

Moved the same way as Nina