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.
Where Nakita is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#606 · 1 in 4,147
- Tennessee#649 · 1 in 4,902
- New York#1,932 · 1 in 20,200
Best ever in a state: #137 in Hawaii, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #606 | 5 | 1 in 4,147 |
| Tennessee | #649 | 6 | 1 in 4,902 |
| New York | #1,932 | 5 | 1 in 20,200 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
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1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 23,523 of them was named Nakita, which outranked 88.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,927Samone75
- #1,927Shaylynn75
- #1,927Tyasia75
- #1,945Nakita74
- #1,945Briann74
- #1,945Cady74
- #1,945Catelyn74
- #1,964Adria73
- #1,964Allana73
- #1,964Angelita73
Tied with 18 names at #1,945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.