Nita

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
#426
1895 · 44 births
Debut · girls
1881
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,268
since 1881

Nita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nita has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #426, 1895girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#9,55610
2023#7,24715
2022#15,3065
2021#15,2515
2020#10,2509
2019#7,02516
2018#8,14613
2017#8,77612
2016#8,87512
2015#8,44713
2014#7,63615
2013#8,58013
2012#9,71111
2011#13,3477
2010#13,4487
2009#8,05815
2008#7,74216
2007#6,09322
2006#9,90111
2005#7,50015
2004#8,71612
2003#7,20715
2002#7,04515
2001#5,82219
2000#5,93718
1999#7,71612
1998#6,36015
1997#5,86816
1996#8,8129
1995#4,09925
1994#3,89227
1993#4,10025
1992#3,96826
1991#3,81727
1990#5,06018
1989#4,24822
1988#4,65318
1987#3,42426
1986#3,05430
1985#2,74934
1984#2,22744
1983#2,47537
1982#2,45139
1981#2,15847
1980#2,06950
1979#1,66167
1978#1,84154
1977#1,83255
1976#1,46471
1975#1,49868
1974#1,55362
1973#1,15195
1972#1,11699
1971#1,28086
1970#1,099107
1969#955125
1968#947120
1967#815149
1966#803152
1965#784159
1964#724205
1963#617267
1962#608271
1961#606276
1960#555310
1959#539325
1958#506359
1957#493367
1956#461403
1955#453396
1954#445389
1953#460339
1952#457344
1951#486283
1950#522246
1949#508256
1948#501265
1947#509263
1946#488253
1945#474230
1944#497211
1943#455265
1942#476240
1941#473220
1940#520174
1939#509174
1938#506174
1937#499175
1936#500167
1935#490166
1934#488174
1933#499164
1932#479190
1931#494170
1930#508174
1929#582139
1928#536170
1927#534177
1926#547164
1925#529182
1924#594155
1923#584152
1922#694111
1921#704111
1920#655122
1919#666109
1918#608134
1917#73591
1916#654108
1915#611114
1914#69269
1913#72152
1912#57670
1911#66742
1910#59349
1909#58743
1908#59340
1907#62436
1906#64231
1905#54740
1904#52040
1903#59630
1902#60030
1901#63025
1900#65629
1899#66422
1898#67923
1897#68121
1896#53831
1895#42644
1894#47535
1893#52028
1892#51028
1891#49727
1890#57820
1889#75712
1888#59318
1887#63313
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#54115
1883#6519
1882#6788
1881#6797
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.

See more about Nita
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s95#541 (1884)#706
1890s279#426 (1895)#557
1900s344#520 (1904)#600
1910s838#576 (1912)#652
1920s1,483#529 (1925)#596
1930s1,728#479 (1932)#497
1940s2,377#455 (1943)#490
1950s3,451#445 (1954)#482
1960s2,034#555 (1960)#741
1970s764#1,099 (1970)#1,450
1980s347#2,069 (1980)#2,951
1990s200#3,817 (1991)#5,369
2000s158#5,822 (2001)#7,402
2010s119#7,025 (2019)#9,399
2020s51#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 1958

girls
#506
359 births · 1 in 5,603 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #506Nita359
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 5,603 of them was named Nita, which outranked 92.8% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nita
  1. #503Danette364
  2. #504Alfreda363
  3. #505Tammi361
  4. #506Nita359
  5. #506Flora359
  6. #506Isabel359
  7. #506Julianne359
  8. #511Kitty357
  9. #512Suzan356
  10. #513Carlene355

Tied with 4 names at #506; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →