Nettie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Nettie is a feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Annette, Jeanette, Lynnette and Antonia. Its popularity in the United States has continually declined since its peak in the 1910s and 1920s. Notable people with this name include:

From Wikipedia

Nettie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 1,167 babies (rank #175 that year). In 2024 it was given to 17 girls (rank #6,827). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Nettie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nettie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

49,507

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,167

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Nettie

Nettie Stevensgeneticist · b. 1861

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	403	#65
1881	419	#62
1882	439	#68
1883	494	#64
1884	522	#67
1885	536	#66
1886	591	#65
1887	595	#65
1888	692	#67
1889	622	#70
1890	707	#67
1891	620	#71
1892	705	#73
1893	668	#75
1894	630	#82
1895	677	#82
1896	628	#87
1897	614	#90
1898	678	#87
1899	611	#89
1900	711	#94
1901	562	#93
1902	569	#104
1903	547	#105
1904	547	#111
1905	573	#111
1906	537	#116
1907	542	#121
1908	543	#128
1909	549	#128
1910	627	#129
1911	617	#136
1912	762	#143
1913	777	#152
1914	936	#154
1915	1,106	#166
1916	1,125	#171
1917	1,106	#178
1918	1,167	#175
1919	1,109	#179
1920	1,141	#181
1921	1,034	#198
1922	989	#203
1923	998	#202
1924	942	#208
1925	897	#214
1926	839	#219
1927	772	#233
1928	711	#233
1929	669	#237
1930	657	#242
1931	588	#249
1932	597	#257
1933	543	#262
1934	545	#265
1935	585	#259
1936	475	#277
1937	521	#275
1938	490	#283
1939	460	#291
1940	427	#304
1941	433	#316
1942	437	#333
1943	434	#342
1944	370	#362
1945	313	#401
1946	373	#392
1947	332	#447
1948	318	#447
1949	292	#472
1950	292	#475
1951	245	#535
1952	259	#527
1953	218	#603
1954	242	#581
1955	207	#650
1956	214	#656
1957	181	#743
1958	182	#735
1959	145	#850
1960	141	#876
1961	147	#887
1962	118	#991
1963	110	#1,021
1964	90	#1,166
1965	78	#1,223
1966	71	#1,289
1967	57	#1,488
1968	45	#1,768
1969	51	#1,702
1970	45	#1,927
1971	42	#2,026
1972	52	#1,712
1973	37	#2,158
1974	40	#2,092
1975	57	#1,685
1976	27	#2,841
1977	37	#2,412
1978	45	#2,113
1979	36	#2,562
1980	35	#2,688
1981	37	#2,553
1982	31	#2,932
1983	29	#2,961
1984	31	#2,893
1985	21	#3,945
1986	29	#3,181
1987	27	#3,385
1988	28	#3,451
1989	27	#3,755
1990	19	#5,000
1991	26	#4,018
1992	30	#3,645
1993	26	#4,069
1994	16	#5,905
1995	24	#4,313
1996	15	#6,290
1997	24	#4,475
1998	15	#6,606
1999	15	#6,753
2000	12	#8,405
2001	14	#7,626
2002	22	#5,405
2003	11	#9,522
2004	18	#6,686
2005	12	#9,291
2006	12	#9,736
2007	12	#9,997
2008	10	#11,369
2009	14	#8,765
2010	16	#7,795
2011	12	#9,569
2012	8	#13,112
2013	12	#9,457
2014	15	#7,960
2015	9	#11,589
2016	19	#6,604
2017	13	#8,650
2018	13	#8,474
2019	19	#6,355
2020	12	#8,790
2021	17	#6,896
2022	21	#5,924
2023	18	#6,592
2024	17	#6,827