Netta
Netta was the 10682nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 740th; the most babies were born in 1922 (23). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,007 places. More babies were named Netta in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,682 girls, up 2,416 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192223 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,116babies recorded
Netta popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,682 | 9 |
| 2020 | #13,098 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #9,878 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #6,830 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,315 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,318 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,686 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,089 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,691 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,891 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #923 | 10 |
| 1880 | #815 | 6 |
How popular is Netta, counting every spelling?
Netta is the most common spelling of a name family that had 9 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 9 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netta | 9 | #10,682 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Netta?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Netta (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Netta born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Netta.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Netta?
About 500 people born in the US named Netta are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 19 and 74. That makes Netta a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Netta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Netta, they share its era and feel.
Netta is also a nickname for Antoinette.
Questions about the name Netta
How popular is the name Netta?
Netta was the 10682nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 740th; the most babies were born in 1922 (23). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,007 places. More babies were named Netta in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Netta a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Netta in the US.