Girls' name · since 1973
Nikitia
88 babies named Nikitia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
88 girls have been named Nikitia since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nikitia has 88 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1989.
- #28,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikitia ranks #28,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nikitia's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikitia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nikitia's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nikitia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1989
- Peak year (1986)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Nikitia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (52 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Nikitia's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Nikitia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 52 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikitia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1973–1989 (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 Nikitia 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.