Nita

Where Nita comes from

Clipping of Anita and other names ending in nita.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nita
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #679 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Nita Naldi born
    American actress
  3. 1895
    Peak, #426
    44 babies named Nita — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #681.
  5. 1963
    Nita Ambani born
    Indian philanthropist and businesswoman
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nita Ambani · Indian philanthropist and businesswoman, born 1963
  • Nita Naldi · American actress, 1894–1961
  • Nita Lowey · American politician, 1937–2025
  • Nita Strauss · American guitarist, born 1986
  • Nita Talbot · American actor, born 1930

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.