Nikita
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 78.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 1,034 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,778since 1949
Nikita over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | #2,346 | 59 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | #1,943 | 77 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | #2,150 | 66 |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2017 | #2,816 | 60 | #2,032 | 69 |
| 2016 | #2,502 | 72 | #1,675 | 94 |
| 2015 | #2,088 | 93 | #1,691 | 92 |
| 2014 | #2,323 | 79 | #1,564 | 101 |
| 2013 | #1,866 | 108 | #1,878 | 75 |
| 2012 | #1,807 | 112 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #1,571 | 139 | #1,812 | 79 |
| 2010 | #1,696 | 124 | #1,552 | 103 |
| 2009 | #2,316 | 84 | #1,443 | 116 |
| 2008 | #1,977 | 106 | #1,428 | 117 |
| 2007 | #1,908 | 108 | #1,713 | 88 |
| 2006 | #1,709 | 122 | #1,551 | 95 |
| 2005 | #1,719 | 115 | #1,772 | 74 |
| 2004 | #1,397 | 149 | #1,516 | 88 |
| 2003 | #1,332 | 153 | #1,591 | 79 |
| 2002 | #1,044 | 206 | #1,596 | 76 |
| 2001 | #1,001 | 214 | #1,871 | 59 |
| 2000 | #882 | 250 | #1,830 | 58 |
| 1999 | #708 | 320 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #641 | 359 | #1,871 | 52 |
| 1997 | #583 | 398 | #2,260 | 37 |
| 1996 | #1,124 | 161 | #2,441 | 32 |
| 1995 | #986 | 190 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1994 | #915 | 207 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #779 | 265 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #650 | 343 | #2,128 | 36 |
| 1991 | #606 | 372 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #659 | 337 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #544 | 417 | #1,953 | 37 |
| 1988 | #497 | 454 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #360 | 659 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #250 | 1,034 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #957 | 162 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #1,054 | 133 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,183 | 110 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #1,243 | 105 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #1,102 | 126 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,016 | 143 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #985 | 145 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #885 | 165 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #829 | 181 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #807 | 172 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #821 | 166 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #796 | 170 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #874 | 147 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #874 | 146 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #1,584 | 60 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nikita! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nikita is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#320 · 1 in 1,981
- Georgia#381 · 1 in 2,650
- Mississippi#406 · 1 in 2,456
- Alabama#426 · 1 in 3,112
- North Carolina#435 · 1 in 3,232
Best ever in a state: #90 in Wyoming, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #320 | 9 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Georgia | #381 | 14 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Mississippi | #406 | 6 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Alabama | #426 | 7 | 1 in 3,112 |
| North Carolina | #435 | 11 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Virginia | #504 | 8 | 1 in 4,119 |
| New Jersey | #597 | 8 | 1 in 5,052 |
| Louisiana | #604 | 7 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Illinois | #720 | 11 | 1 in 6,636 |
| Ohio | #802 | 7 | 1 in 9,870 |
| Michigan | #942 | 5 | 1 in 11,452 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 13,828 |
| Florida | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,876 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 6 | 1 in 22,225 |
| California | #2,225 | 6 | 1 in 33,709 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nikita
- 73 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #4,460)
- 1,122 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #4,460)
- 2,372 spots since 2015 (#2,088 → #4,460)
- Biggest jump: 707 spots in 1986 (#957 → #250)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2000 (#708 → #882)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1986 at #250 (1,034 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1985–1995
- Highest: 1 in 1,659 girls born in 1986 were named Nikita (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.0% of all girls named Nikita (3,343) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 83 | #1,643 (1959) | #3,910 |
| 1960s | 318 | #1,467 (1960) | #2,222 |
| 1970s | 1,447 | #796 (1974) | #965 |
| 1980s | 3,343 | #250 (1986) | #821 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #583 (1997) | #765 |
| 2000s | 1,507 | #882 (2000) | #1,529 |
| 2010s | 886 | #1,571 (2011) | #2,313 |
| 2020s | 237 | #3,157 (2021) | #3,848 |
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.
Nikita in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 10,622 of them was named Nikita, which outranked 92.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 63,731 of them was named Nikita, which outranked 74.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,916Yannick30
- #1,916Yuri30
- #1,916Zachari30
- #1,975Nikita29
- #1,975An29
- #1,975Brayden29
- #1,975Bretton29
- #2,019Aden28
- #2,019Antjuan28
- #2,019Antwaine28
Tied with 43 names at #1,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.