as a First Name
Pet form derived from various girls' names ending in the syllable -nette, for example Annette and Jeannette, with the diminutive suffix -ie. It had a brief vogue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
| 1,447th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,290
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 27,921
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Nettie per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
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0%
92%
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55+
7%
30-54
30-54
0.11%
13-29
13-29
0.13%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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