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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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 1922

  • 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: #225 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #239 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,086 girlsILWisconsin: #335 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,102 girlsWIMichigan: #251 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,177 girlsMINew York: #197 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 1,392 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedMARhode 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: #99 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 338 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedSDIowa: #283 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,432 girlsIAIndiana: #201 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,549 girlsINOhio: #224 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,881 girlsOHPennsylvania: #274 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsPANew Jersey: #323 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,159 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #300 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,378 girlsCAUtah: #130 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 497 girlsUTColorado: #241 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsCONebraska: #281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsNEMissouri: #256 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,911 girlsMOKentucky: #134 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 589 girlsKYWest Virginia: #201 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,167 girlsWVVirginia: #131 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 601 girlsVAMaryland: #175 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,190 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: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #130 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 517 girlsARTennessee: #169 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 881 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #127 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 576 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #121 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 517 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #163 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 759 girlsOKLouisiana: #179 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 789 girlsLAMississippi: #107 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 434 girlsMSAlabama: #99 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 364 girlsALGeorgia: #124 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 534 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nettie, so not publishedHITexas: #179 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 786 girlsTXFlorida: #185 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 832 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#99 · 1 in 338
  2. Alabama#99 · 1 in 364
  3. Mississippi#107 · 1 in 434
  4. South Carolina#121 · 1 in 517
  5. Georgia#124 · 1 in 534

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#99861 in 364
Wyoming#9951 in 338
Mississippi#107521 in 434
South Carolina#121481 in 517
Georgia#124701 in 534
North Carolina#127671 in 576
Arkansas#130401 in 517
Utah#130101 in 497
Virginia#131481 in 601
Kentucky#134511 in 589
Oklahoma#163331 in 759
Tennessee#169321 in 881
Maryland#175121 in 1,190
Louisiana#179301 in 789
Texas#179751 in 786
Florida#185141 in 832
New York#197711 in 1,392
Indiana#201171 in 1,549
West Virginia#201171 in 1,167
North Dakota#20951 in 1,364
Ohio#224291 in 1,881
Washington#22561 in 1,640
Illinois#239281 in 2,086
Colorado#24161 in 1,527
Michigan#251171 in 2,177
Missouri#256161 in 1,911
Pennsylvania#274281 in 3,406
Nebraska#28161 in 2,064
Iowa#28391 in 2,432
California#300131 in 2,378
New Jersey#32361 in 5,159
Wisconsin#33561 in 4,102
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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 1922

girls
#203
989 births · 1 in 1,214 girls
boys
#3,872
6 births · 1 in 181,359 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #203Nettie989

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #3,872Nettie6
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,214 of them was named Nettie, which outranked 96.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nettie
  1. #200Essie1,022
  2. #201Jacqueline1,021
  3. #202Cleo991
  4. #203Nettie989
  5. #204Sally972
  6. #205Ernestine951
  7. #206Angeline935
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 181,359 of them was named Nettie, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nettie
  1. #3,532Yoichi7
  2. #3,532Zachariah7
  3. #3,532Zigmond7
  4. #3,872Nettie6
  5. #3,872Ab6
  6. #3,872Abbie6
  7. #3,872Able6
  8. #4,307Achilles5
  9. #4,307Addis5
  10. #4,307Adelaido5

Tied with 434 names at #3,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →