Nakita

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 269 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,990
since 1954

Nakita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nakita has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #683, 1986girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#15,2935
2023#15,1945
2022#12,2437
2021#8,97811
2020
2019#12,4487
2018#9,15111
2017#8,77612
2016#12,8767
2015#10,8669
2014#11,9318
2013#8,58013
2012#7,80415
2011#5,93522
2010#7,21717
2009#8,05815
2008#8,10915
2007#6,81219
2006#5,38325
2005#4,70428
2004#5,20824
2003#4,41829
2002#4,07131
2001#3,41739
2000#5,31221
1999#2,81248
1998#2,49855
1997#1,94574
1996#2,90141#9,0155
1995#2,58848
1994#2,07966
1993#1,92273
1992#1,530102
1991#1,407114
1990#1,257130
1989#1,123147
1988#1,077146#5,7517
1987#793221#6,0896
1986#683269
1985#1,53679#6,5235
1984#1,61668
1983#1,77060
1982#1,96553
1981#1,88757
1980#1,60572
1979#1,50378
1978#1,37485
1977#1,199102
1976#1,44672
1975#1,16299#5,4645
1974#1,21890
1973#2,91423
1972#2,68026
1971#2,29634
1970#4,76111
1969#5,9747
1968#4,48910
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1961#6,5675
1960#5,1687
1959#5,5666
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five girls were named Nakita! It came in at #3,718, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nakita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 853 spots in 1986 (#1,536#683)
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1988 (#793#1,077)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1986 at #683 (269 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1986–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,377
  • Highest: 1 in 6,377 girls born in 1986 were named Nakita (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 39.2% of all girls named Nakita (1,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s16#3,718 (1954)#4,642
1960s36#4,489 (1968)#5,534
1970s620#1,162 (1975)#2,055
1980s1,172#683 (1986)#1,406
1990s751#1,257 (1990)#2,094
2000s246#3,417 (2001)#5,549
2010s121#5,935 (2011)#9,558
2020s28#8,978 (2021)#12,927

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.

Nakita in 1954

girls
#3,718
10 births · 1 in 194,192 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #3,718Nakita10
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 194,192 of them was named Nakita, which outranked 43.9% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nakita
  1. #3,490Whitney11
  2. #3,490Wynema11
  3. #3,490Young11
  4. #3,718Nakita10
  5. #3,718Adalia10
  6. #3,718Adrianna10
  7. #3,718Alean10
  8. #3,967Adah9
  9. #3,967Adora9
  10. #3,967Aleene9

Tied with 248 names at #3,718; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954