How Many People Are Named Ninah?
An estimated 214 people in the United States have the first name Ninah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Ninah peaked in popularity in 2006 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ninah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ninah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
214
About 1 in 1,601,656 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2006
17 births
Total Registered
217
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ninah
Ninah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 217 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ninah as a female name
Ranked #16,930 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2006 (17 births)
Ninah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ninah span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 107 babies were registered. Ninah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ninah by Decade
How has Ninah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ninah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ninah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Ninah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ninah?
We estimate approximately 214 people named Ninah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,601,656 Americans share this first name.
Is Ninah a common name?
Ninah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 217 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ninah most popular?
Ninah reached peak popularity in 2006, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ninah is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ninah a female name?
Ninah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ninah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ninah Smith, Ninah Johnson, Ninah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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