Nikhita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikhita

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Nikhita between 1991 and 2017, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikhita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikhita performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikhita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nikhita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikhita 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 265 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.