Nita
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,268since 1881
Nita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nita has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 |
| 1978 | #1,841 | 54 |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 |
| 1972 | #1,116 | 99 |
| 1971 | #1,280 | 86 |
| 1970 | #1,099 | 107 |
| 1969 | #955 | 125 |
| 1968 | #947 | 120 |
| 1967 | #815 | 149 |
| 1966 | #803 | 152 |
| 1965 | #784 | 159 |
| 1964 | #724 | 205 |
| 1963 | #617 | 267 |
| 1962 | #608 | 271 |
| 1961 | #606 | 276 |
| 1960 | #555 | 310 |
| 1959 | #539 | 325 |
| 1958 | #506 | 359 |
| 1957 | #493 | 367 |
| 1956 | #461 | 403 |
| 1955 | #453 | 396 |
| 1954 | #445 | 389 |
| 1953 | #460 | 339 |
| 1952 | #457 | 344 |
| 1951 | #486 | 283 |
| 1950 | #522 | 246 |
| 1949 | #508 | 256 |
| 1948 | #501 | 265 |
| 1947 | #509 | 263 |
| 1946 | #488 | 253 |
| 1945 | #474 | 230 |
| 1944 | #497 | 211 |
| 1943 | #455 | 265 |
| 1942 | #476 | 240 |
| 1941 | #473 | 220 |
| 1940 | #520 | 174 |
| 1939 | #509 | 174 |
| 1938 | #506 | 174 |
| 1937 | #499 | 175 |
| 1936 | #500 | 167 |
| 1935 | #490 | 166 |
| 1934 | #488 | 174 |
| 1933 | #499 | 164 |
| 1932 | #479 | 190 |
| 1931 | #494 | 170 |
| 1930 | #508 | 174 |
| 1929 | #582 | 139 |
| 1928 | #536 | 170 |
| 1927 | #534 | 177 |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 |
| 1925 | #529 | 182 |
| 1924 | #594 | 155 |
| 1923 | #584 | 152 |
| 1922 | #694 | 111 |
| 1921 | #704 | 111 |
| 1920 | #655 | 122 |
| 1919 | #666 | 109 |
| 1918 | #608 | 134 |
| 1917 | #735 | 91 |
| 1916 | #654 | 108 |
| 1915 | #611 | 114 |
| 1914 | #692 | 69 |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 |
| 1912 | #576 | 70 |
| 1911 | #667 | 42 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 |
| 1909 | #587 | 43 |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 |
| 1907 | #624 | 36 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #547 | 40 |
| 1904 | #520 | 40 |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #426 | 44 |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Nita! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2022, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nita is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Oklahoma#176 · 1 in 858
- North Dakota#235 · 1 in 1,346
- Arkansas#263 · 1 in 1,716
- New Mexico#280 · 1 in 1,568
- Alabama#298 · 1 in 2,036
Best ever in a state: #134 in Oklahoma, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #176 | 26 | 1 in 858 |
| North Dakota | #235 | 5 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Arkansas | #263 | 11 | 1 in 1,716 |
| New Mexico | #280 | 7 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Alabama | #298 | 18 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Texas | #300 | 60 | 1 in 1,914 |
| Missouri | #310 | 15 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Kentucky | #316 | 12 | 1 in 2,796 |
| Georgia | #323 | 18 | 1 in 2,595 |
| North Carolina | #332 | 19 | 1 in 2,725 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 11 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Louisiana | #342 | 16 | 1 in 2,461 |
| Indiana | #350 | 14 | 1 in 3,606 |
| Arizona | #391 | 5 | 1 in 2,583 |
| West Virginia | #402 | 5 | 1 in 3,981 |
| Florida | #411 | 11 | 1 in 3,909 |
| Tennessee | #437 | 8 | 1 in 4,800 |
| Minnesota | #438 | 6 | 1 in 6,178 |
| Ohio | #440 | 20 | 1 in 5,369 |
| California | #518 | 29 | 1 in 5,394 |
| Michigan | #575 | 10 | 1 in 9,399 |
| Pennsylvania | #629 | 10 | 1 in 11,578 |
| Illinois | #630 | 11 | 1 in 9,537 |
| New York | #984 | 7 | 1 in 23,536 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #11,932)
- 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
- 3,485 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1887 (#897 → #633)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1885 (#541 → #921)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1895 at #426 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1881–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,938
- Highest: 1 in 4,938 girls born in 1955 were named Nita (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #426 in 1895, was only 1 in 5,310 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 24.2% of all girls named Nita (3,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | #541 (1884) | #706 |
| 1890s | 279 | #426 (1895) | #557 |
| 1900s | 344 | #520 (1904) | #600 |
| 1910s | 838 | #576 (1912) | #652 |
| 1920s | 1,483 | #529 (1925) | #596 |
| 1930s | 1,728 | #479 (1932) | #497 |
| 1940s | 2,377 | #455 (1943) | #490 |
| 1950s | 3,451 | #445 (1954) | #482 |
| 1960s | 2,034 | #555 (1960) | #741 |
| 1970s | 764 | #1,099 (1970) | #1,450 |
| 1980s | 347 | #2,069 (1980) | #2,951 |
| 1990s | 200 | #3,817 (1991) | #5,369 |
| 2000s | 158 | #5,822 (2001) | #7,402 |
| 2010s | 119 | #7,025 (2019) | #9,399 |
| 2020s | 51 | #7,247 (2023) | #11,590 |
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.
Nita in 1956
girls
#461
403 births · 1 in 4,982 girls
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 4,982 of them was named Nita, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.