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
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 269 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,990since 1954
Nakita over time
Rank among girls' names. Nakita has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,922 | 73 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,530 | 102 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,407 | 114 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,257 | 130 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,123 | 147 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,077 | 146 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #793 | 221 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #683 | 269 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,503 | 78 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,374 | 85 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,199 | 102 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,218 | 90 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1986 at #683 (269 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1986–1987
- 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%)
- 39.2% of all girls named Nakita (1,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #3,718 (1954) | #4,642 |
| 1960s | 36 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,534 |
| 1970s | 620 | #1,162 (1975) | #2,055 |
| 1980s | 1,172 | #683 (1986) | #1,406 |
| 1990s | 751 | #1,257 (1990) | #2,094 |
| 2000s | 246 | #3,417 (2001) | #5,549 |
| 2010s | 121 | #5,935 (2011) | #9,558 |
| 2020s | 28 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 12,198 of them was named Nakita, which outranked 92.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,073Kalie147
- #1,073Lindy147
- #1,073Shanta147
- #1,077Nakita146
- #1,077Alysa146
- #1,077Bertha146
- #1,077Britnee146
- #1,085Candi145
- #1,085Eryn145
- #1,085Francis145
Tied with 7 names at #1,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 273,469 of them was named Nakita, which outranked 32.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,200Zakariah8
- #5,200Zan8
- #5,200Zubair8
- #5,751Nakita7
- #5,751Aakash7
- #5,751Abdias7
- #5,751Abelino7
- #6,426Abdon6
- #6,426Abdrew6
- #6,426Abed6
Tied with 674 names at #5,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.