Nettie

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 419 births
Debut · girls
403 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,443
since 1880

Nettie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #62, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422—
2024#6,64217—
2023#6,16919—
2022#5,79321—
2021#6,69117—
2020#8,40612—
2019#6,17619—
2018#8,14613—
2017#8,29913—
2016#6,40119—
2015#10,8669—
2014#7,63615—
2013#9,03612—
2012#12,1998—
2011#9,15012—
2010#7,51316—
2009#8,45414—
2008#10,80710—
2007#9,00713—
2006#9,28612—
2005#8,88312—
2004#6,48918—
2003#9,04811—
2002#5,25422—
2001#7,31714—
2000#8,02712—
1999#6,48415—
1998#6,36015—
1997#4,37024—
1996#6,06415—
1995#4,21724—
1994#5,71316—
1993#3,98726—
1992#3,58130—
1991#3,93626—
1990#4,86819—
1989#3,67327—
1988#3,39328—
1987#3,33127—
1986#3,13529—
1985#3,85221—
1984#2,85131—
1983#2,91029—
1982#2,90131—
1981#2,52937—
1980#2,65135—
1979#2,52536—
1978#2,09245—
1977#2,38137—
1976#2,79227—
1975#1,67257—
1974#2,06640—
1973#2,12737—
1972#1,69852—
1971#2,00142—
1970#1,90445—
1969#1,68551—
1968#1,74945—
1967#1,47857—
1966#1,28471—
1965#1,21878—
1964#1,16390—
1963#1,016110—
1962#985118—
1961#879147—
1960#874141—
1959#848145—
1958#732182—
1957#741181—
1956#655214—
1955#646207—
1954#581242—
1953#599218—
1952#526259—
1951#535245—
1950#474292—
1949#470292—
1948#447318—
1947#447332—
1946#392373—
1945#400313—
1944#361370—
1943#342434—
1942#333437—
1941#316433—
1940#303427—
1939#290460#3,4805
1938#283490—
1937#275521—
1936#277475—
1935#259585—
1934#265545—
1933#262543—
1932#257597—
1931#249588—
1930#242657#4,0015
1929#237669#3,5596
1928#233711—
1927#233772#2,9129
1926#218839#2,9049
1925#214897#4,1975
1924#207942—
1923#202998—
1922#203989#3,8726
1921#1981,034—
1920#1811,141#2,9679
1919#1791,109#4,1685
1918#1751,167#4,1795
1917#1781,106#2,9568
1916#1711,125—
1915#1661,106—
1914#154936—
1913#152777#2,4966
1912#143762—
1911#136617—
1910#129627—
1909#128549—
1908#128543—
1907#121542—
1906#116537—
1905#111573—
1904#111547—
1903#104547—
1902#104569—
1901#93562—
1900#94711—
1899#89611—
1898#87678—
1897#90614#1,0575
1896#87628—
1895#82677—
1894#82630—
1893#75668—
1892#73705—
1891#71620—
1890#67707—
1889#70622—
1888#67692—
1887#65595—
1886#65591—
1885#66536#9365
1884#67522—
1883#64494—
1882#67439—
1881#62419—
1880#65403—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nettie was already there! It came in at #65, and was given to 403 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2013, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Nettie is popular in 1913

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedNHWashington: #150 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 775 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #160 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 972 girlsMNIllinois: #216 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,654 girlsILWisconsin: #208 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,499 girlsWIMichigan: #187 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,208 girlsMINew York: #132 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 671 girlsNYMassachusetts: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,916 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #137 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 617 girlsSDIowa: #273 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,126 girlsIAIndiana: #197 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,321 girlsINOhio: #233 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,952 girlsOHPennsylvania: #188 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,629 girlsPANew Jersey: #142 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 745 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #216 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,318 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedUTColorado: #153 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 732 girlsCONebraska: #160 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 774 girlsNEMissouri: #154 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 772 girlsMOKentucky: #131 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 559 girlsKYWest Virginia: #133 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 561 girlsWVVirginia: #105 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 408 girlsVAMaryland: #135 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 796 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedNMKansas: #205 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsKSArkansas: #95 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 339 girlsARTennessee: #109 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 382 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #106 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 386 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #118 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 445 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #141 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 525 girlsOKLouisiana: #121 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 486 girlsLAMississippi: #96 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 368 girlsMSAlabama: #120 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 491 girlsALGeorgia: #96 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 362 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedHITexas: #142 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 596 girlsTXFlorida: #120 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 460 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#95 · 1 in 339
  2. Georgia#96 · 1 in 362
  3. Mississippi#96 · 1 in 368
  4. Virginia#105 · 1 in 408
  5. North Carolina#106 · 1 in 386

Best ever in a state: #70 in Maryland, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#95301 in 339
Georgia#96571 in 362
Mississippi#96341 in 368
Virginia#105381 in 408
North Carolina#106481 in 386
Tennessee#109381 in 382
South Carolina#118281 in 445
Alabama#120341 in 491
Florida#120121 in 460
Louisiana#121251 in 486
Kentucky#131281 in 559
New York#132821 in 671
West Virginia#133161 in 561
Maryland#13591 in 796
South Dakota#13751 in 617
Oklahoma#141221 in 525
New Jersey#142211 in 745
Texas#142501 in 596
Washington#15061 in 775
Colorado#15351 in 732
Missouri#154221 in 772
Minnesota#160111 in 972
Nebraska#16081 in 774
Michigan#187131 in 1,208
Pennsylvania#188321 in 1,629
Indiana#197101 in 1,321
Kansas#20571 in 1,223
Wisconsin#20881 in 1,499
California#21691 in 1,318
Illinois#216201 in 1,654
Ohio#233141 in 1,952
Massachusetts#26571 in 2,916
Iowa#27351 in 2,126
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Nettie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,088 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,554)
  • 2,852 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #5,554)
  • 5,312 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1954 (#599 → #581)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1959 (#732 → #848)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #62 (419 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 74 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1880–1901
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 219
  • Highest: 1 in 219 girls born in 1881 were named Nettie (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.9% of all girls named Nettie (9,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,313#62 (1881)#66
1890s6,538#67 (1890)#80
1900s5,680#93 (1901)#111
1910s9,332#129 (1910)#158
1920s8,992#181 (1920)#213
1930s5,461#242 (1930)#266
1940s3,729#303 (1940)#381
1950s2,185#474 (1950)#634
1960s908#874 (1960)#1,233
1970s418#1,672 (1975)#2,126
1980s295#2,529 (1981)#3,123
1990s210#3,581 (1992)#4,958
2000s138#5,254 (2002)#8,257
2010s136#6,176 (2019)#8,542
2020s108#5,554 (2025)#6,543

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nettie in 1913

girls
#152
777 births · 1 in 804 girls
boys
#2,496
6 births · 1 in 85,428 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #152Nettie777

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #2,496Nettie6
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 804 of them was named Nettie, which outranked 95.9% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nettie
  1. #149Caroline805
  2. #150Goldie791
  3. #151Della789
  4. #152Nettie777
  5. #153Eula773
  6. #154Lydia759
  7. #155Roberta755
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 85,428 of them was named Nettie, which outranked 23.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nettie
  1. #2,273Wladyslaw7
  2. #2,273Woodruff7
  3. #2,273York7
  4. #2,496Nettie6
  5. #2,496Acel6
  6. #2,496Ada6
  7. #2,496Addis6
  8. #2,821Abb5
  9. #2,821Abbott5
  10. #2,821Abney5

Tied with 324 names at #2,496; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,050Mathias#1,885 → #835
  2. ↑ 935Hymen#1,885 → #950
  3. ↑ 796Waldemar#1,746 → #950
  4. ↑ 751Rolf#1,746 → #995
  5. ↑ 689Domenico#1,619 → #930
Fallers
  1. ↓ 975Holland#970 → #1,945
  2. ↓ 885Cameron#918 → #1,803
  3. ↓ 868Larue#935 → #1,803
  4. ↓ 726Irene#854 → #1,580
  5. ↓ 688Hughie#892 → #1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913 →