Fun Facts About the Name Ninette
- 825 babies named Ninette: U.S. records list 825 babies given the name Ninette from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ninette Mean?
Ninette is a French feminine given name meaning "grace." It is a diminutive of Nina, formed with the French suffix -ette. In French and Italian use, Nina is most often an affectionate short form of Anne, which comes from the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor." The -ette ending adds the sense of "little," so the literal force of the name is "little Nina."
Nina is not always a form of Anne. It is also an independent name in Slavic and Georgian usage, and in Italian it can serve as a short form of masculine names such as Antonino. Those lines of development are separate from the French Ninette, whose most plausible source is the Anne-derived Nina.
Ninette Name History & Origins
Ninette belongs to a large group of French names built with the diminutive suffix -ette, the feminine form of -et. Such endings were attached to short given names to create familiar or affectionate forms, and some of these forms became independent names. Nina, the base of Ninette, appears in French and Italian as a pet form of Anne, alongside Ninon and the Italian Ninetta.
Ninon is documented in seventeenth-century France: the salon hostess known as Ninon de l'Enclos was born Anne de Lenclos, and her familiar name shows the same shortening of Anne with a diminutive ending that produced Nina and Ninette. The name Ninette is found chiefly in France and other French-speaking regions; the corresponding Italian form is Ninetta, which also appears as a character name in nineteenth-century Italian opera.
How Popular is the Name Ninette?
Ninette has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1964. Its best rank was #2,282 in 1965.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,605 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #10,196 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #9,636 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #15,707 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #18,495 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #18,534 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #18,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #18,812 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #19,075 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #19,670 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #17,042 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #13,284 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #9,297 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #10,484 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #9,527 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #10,036 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #14,829 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #11,500 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #16,156 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,891 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #15,431 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #11,438 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #12,950 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #13,248 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #10,822 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #12,234 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #7,226 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #7,817 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #8,900 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #7,904 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #5,799 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #4,856 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #4,183 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #4,521 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #3,600 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1974 | #4,640 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1973 | #5,104 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,672 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #3,035 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1970 | #2,682 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1969 | #4,108 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1968 | #2,407 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1967 | #2,537 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1966 | #2,727 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1965 | #2,282 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1964 | #2,333 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1963 | #2,529 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1962 | #3,003 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1961 | #3,739 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #3,316 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #3,213 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1958 | #3,342 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1957 | #3,440 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #2,793 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1955 | #3,058 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1954 | #2,569 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #6,296 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,721 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #2,452 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1950 | #3,007 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #3,128 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1948 | #2,931 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1947 | #3,180 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #4,557 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,183 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #3,692 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #4,414 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,949 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #4,072 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #4,258 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,867 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #4,653 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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