How Many People Are Named Nettie?
people named Nettie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,131 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,531 babies named Nettie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,172 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of names ending in nette, such as ANNETTE or JEANETTE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nettie in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nettie alive today is about 70 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nettie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 1,172 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nettie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #62, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 1880 to 1901. In 2025 it ranked #5,662.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,662 |
| Best rank | #62 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 22 (1880 to 1901) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #165 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nettie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nettie were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 532 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nettie was given 3.1 times as often in Alabama, 2.8 times in Mississippi and 2.6 times in Georgia.
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