Ninoshka

girls:

124 births since 1986

#5592 (2nd percentile)

overall:

124 births since 1986

#7615 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Ninoshka is the #7,615 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 124 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,592 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 124 births since 1986.

Ninoshka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Ninoshka is available in 18 out of the 25 years between 1986 and 2010. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Ninoshka reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #859) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ninoshka".

1986 2010 19862010

Key Statistics

Total Births
124
Peak Births
11
Peak Year
1993
First Recorded
1986
Peak Percentile
0.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#859
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Ninoshka

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ninoshka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 48.3% confident that Ninoshka is pronounced as nih-NAHSH-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nee-NAWSH-kuh, at 27.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

nih-NAHSH-kuh (3 syllables)
48.3% confidence
N IH0 N AA1 SH K AH0
nee-NAWSH-kuh (3 syllables)
27.6% confidence
N IY0 N AO1 SH K AH0
nee-NAHSH-kuh (3 syllables)
13.8% confidence
N IY0 N AA1 SH K AH0
nih-NAWSH-kuh (3 syllables)
10.3% confidence
N IH0 N AO1 SH K AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N IH0 N AA1 SH K AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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