Ninette
Ninette is a feminine given name, which originated as a French diminutive of the name Nina.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Ninette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ninette is a feminine given name, which originated as a French diminutive of the name Nina.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Ninette
American parents first put Ninette on the record books as a baby girl name in 1919, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 28 Ninettes were born — ranking #2,306 that year. About 26% of every Ninette on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Ninette last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 820 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ninette
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About the name Ninette
Ninette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 820 births in the dataset. Ninette's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #2,306. Use the chart and map above to compare Ninette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.