Ninon

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ninon has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Ninon, 1970

1 in 601,000

Ninon 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ninon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ninon means

Ninon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ninon is used in French.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Ninon is pronounced /ni.nɔ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 girls were recorded with the name Ninon between 1923 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1970; its best national rank was #5,500 in 1923.

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.

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How common is Ninon?

Ninon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970: 1 in 601,000; 6 of 3,606,302 births
Among girls only: 1 in 291,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1970: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 416,617 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ninon 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 1970 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 416,617 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ninon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ninons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ninon was born before 1955 — so the typical Ninon is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 47.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 76.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 47.6% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Ninon 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1970 (6)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,500; 1923

Spellings of Ninon

Ninon is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 79.7% against Ninon's 0.01%.

Nina79.7%133,788
Winona7.7%12,953
Zion4.2%7,026
Ninfa1.5%2,464
Mignon1.3%2,239
Nicol1.3%2,220
Dion0.75%1,250
Ivon0.69%1,156

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.

Ninon around the world

Where Ninon 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.

France
1911–2025
#183
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ninon by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,500; 1923
Peak year: 1970; 6 that year
First recorded: 1923
Last recorded: 1970
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ninon

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

Ninja Ninti Canon Nino Ning Nineveh Ninna Ninive Nineth Ninel Ninia Nincy Danon Niniola Janon Kanon Mckinnon Ninah Kennon Ninnie Ninetta Kannon Hannon Nin

Sibling names for Ninon

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

Janeen Corinna Marlo Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna Trena

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

Explore around Ninon

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