Nita — #9527 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nita

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,261 babies named Nita between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nita currently holds the #9527 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 403 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Nita in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nita 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 14,261 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.