Girls' name · since 1976
Nandita
245 babies named Nandita in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nandita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 245 have been recorded since 1976.
Nandita has 245 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2022.
- #17,797 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 245 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nandita ranks #17,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,797 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nandita's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Nandita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nandita's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nandita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2022
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Nandita by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (138 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Nandita's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Nandita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 138 births (56% of all-time use).
Nandita by state
Where Nandita concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 245 births nationwide.
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- Nandita's decade-level peak was the 2000s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nanditas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nandita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nandita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.