Nekita

Peak · girls
1974 · 23 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
368
since 1969

Nekita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nekita has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,008, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1993#13,4425
1992#11,7386
1991#9,3368
1990#11,4096
1989#7,44910
1988#11,7985
1987#4,85716
1986#3,13529
1985#4,63516
1984#5,53912
1983#4,47616
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1981#3,06628
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1974#3,00823
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1969#6,6176
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five girls were named Nekita! It came in at #6,617, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1998, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Nekita is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Nekita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Nekita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1974 at #3,008 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 59,157
  • Highest: 1 in 59,157 girls born in 1986 were named Nekita (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,403 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,008 in 1974, was only 1 in 63,806 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.4% of all girls named Nekita (167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#6,617 (1969)#6,617
1970s163#3,008 (1974)#4,219
1980s167#3,066 (1981)#5,345
1990s32#9,336 (1991)#11,462

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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