Netta

#10,678 in 2025Girls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Netta has been given to 1,116 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #10,678 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1922, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Netta, 2025

1 in 368,000

Netta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Netta: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Netta means

Netta has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Netta

A separate documented entry treats Netta as a alternate transcription of Neta. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Netta is used in Finnish.

Netta comes through Latin Agneta.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Agneta and Agnes.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Netta is pronounced /ˈnetːɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,116 girls were recorded with the name Netta between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1922; its best national rank was #740 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,093 in 2020 to #10,678 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,684 in 2015 to #10,678 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Netta?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,678; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Netta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Netta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Netta was born before 1936 — so the typical Netta is around 89 today.

Median birth year: 1936; About 89 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 13.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 11.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 404; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 13.9% of all recorded uses (155).

Is Netta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,415; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,006; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.13×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 39.1%; Peak was 1922 (23)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #740; 1883

Spellings of Netta

Netta is not the most common spelling — Betty is, with 69.9% against Netta's 0.08%.

Betty69.9%1,001,238
Nettie3.5%49,443
Etta3.0%43,268
Bette2.4%34,897
Neva1.5%21,220
Nelda1.4%20,139
Letha1.3%19,137
Petra1.0%14,559

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Netta around the world

Where Netta ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2022
#5,670
in 2022
South Australia
1944–1952
#325
in 1952

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Netta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,678
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,415
Best rank ever: #740; 1883
Peak year: 1922; 23 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,116
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Netta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Letta Zetta Nethra Jetta Aletta Netanya Retta Yitta Metta Rhetta Lovetta Netha Netra Neta Louetta Joetta Oletta Britta Netty Renatta Aretta Laretta Deetta Lotta

Sibling names for Netta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Adell Idella Kattie Margarette Beryl Vina Albina Garnet

For a brother

Trinidad Eldridge Buford Maynard Dewitt Cletus Vern Delmer

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