Nakita — #15552 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakita

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,990 babies named Nakita between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakita currently holds the #15552 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 269 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nakita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakita in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,990 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.