Girls' name · since 1991
Nikhita
265 babies named Nikhita in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikhita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 265 have been recorded since 1991.
Nikhita has 265 recorded births among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 2017.
- #17,043 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 265 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikhita ranks #17,043 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 265 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,043 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikhita's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Nikhita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nikhita splits its recorded history at 2004: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nikhita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2017
- Peak year (2003)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nikhita by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (180 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Nikhita's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Nikhita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 180 births (68% of all-time use).
Nikhita by state
Where Nikhita concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 5.7% |
15 of 265 births nationwide.
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- Nikhita's decade-level peak was the 2000s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nikhitas (15 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikhita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1991–2017 (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 Nikhita 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.