How rare is the name Ninfa?

3,798 people in the United States have the first name Ninfa, about 1 in 79,524. It ranks #4,771 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

NINFA

#4,771

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,798
About
1 in 79,524
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,798 people named Ninfa, 87.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% as White and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ninfa peaked in 1928, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
54
In 2025*
5 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,464 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ninfa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #2,261. The largest share of babies named Ninfa, 28.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#3,874111
1920s#2,413352
1930s#2,261347
1940s#2,355390
1950s#2,870362
1960s#3,652278
1970s#5,495193
1980s#7,252164
1990s#10,415139
2000s#19,05877
2010s#26,71440
2020s#32,45811
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.6%
Baby boom 1946–6428.9%
Generation X 1965–8013.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.1%
Generation Z 1997–125.2%
2013 and later1.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ninfa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ninfa has been most common in Texas (12×), California (0.59×), and New York (0.35×), and least common in New York (0.35×).

1,729 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ninfa

2 other first names also have 3,798 people.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ninfa, most common first.

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