Netta

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A few things about Netta you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Netta

Netta Barzilai

Israeli singer

Choose Netta and your child shares a first name with Netta Barzilai, an Israeli singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Netta, like who?” Netta Barzilai's Wikipedia article is available in 62 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 178,571 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Netta, 9 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Netta would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryNetta has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Nettas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1883, when it ranked #692. Today it's #10,107, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🚀TrendNetta has climbed 2,035 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #10,107. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.

About the name Netta

Netta is a girl name of English, French and Hebrew origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with N and ending in “-tta”. US birth records list Netta for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 113 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked #692 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #10,107, with 9 babies.

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