Nita
Nita was given to 7 girls in 2025, #12,823 among girls’ names; 14,268 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,820 Americans named Nita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 60 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nita mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nita is “a female given name.”
Clipping of Anita and other names ending in nita.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nita?
#12,823 among girls’ names, 2025
Nita fell from #8,806 in 2015 to #12,823 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.3 to 4.4 per million.
403 babies in 1956, the peak
Nita peaked in 1956, when 403 girls were given it, #460 among girls’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,823 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,051 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,539 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,082 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #17,009 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,863 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,244 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,478 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,187 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,274 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #8,806 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,961 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,924 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,232 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,425 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,565 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,343 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #8,009 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,263 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,420 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,801 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,119 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,478 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,337 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #6,004 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,146 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,077 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,606 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,085 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,348 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,179 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,972 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,203 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,049 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,898 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,214 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,322 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,786 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,487 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,105 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,781 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,257 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,499 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,478 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,182 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,089 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,673 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,852 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,847 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,473 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,510 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,560 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,157 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 99 | #1,126 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,287 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,104 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 125 | #958 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 120 | #949 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 149 | #819 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 152 | #810 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 159 | #786 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 205 | #725 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 267 | #619 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 271 | #609 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 276 | #609 | 0.14 |
| 1960 | 310 | #556 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 325 | #541 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 359 | #509 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 367 | #493 | 0.18 |
| 1956 | 403 | #460 | 0.20 |
| 1955 | 396 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1954 | 389 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1953 | 339 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1952 | 344 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1951 | 283 | #487 | 0.16 |
| 1950 | 246 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 256 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 265 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 263 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 253 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1945 | 230 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 211 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 265 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1942 | 240 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1941 | 220 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 174 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 174 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 174 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 175 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 167 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 166 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 174 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 164 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1932 | 190 | #480 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 170 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1930 | 174 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 139 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 170 | #537 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 177 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 164 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 182 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 155 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 152 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 111 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 111 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 122 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 109 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 134 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 91 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 108 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 114 | #614 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 69 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 52 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 70 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 42 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 49 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 43 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 40 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 36 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 31 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 40 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 40 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 30 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 30 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 25 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 29 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 22 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 23 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 21 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 31 | #544 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 44 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 35 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 28 | #530 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 28 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 27 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 20 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 12 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 18 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 13 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 7 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 15 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 9 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 8 | #720 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 7 | #727 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Nita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Nita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Nita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nita, and how old are they?
7,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 14,268 Americans ever recorded as Nita. The median Nita alive today is 68 years old; half are between 60 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 10,378 people named Nita (10,343 women and girls, 35 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,899 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,070 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,520 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 440 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 223 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 144 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nita born?
The states with the most babies named Nita are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,111 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| California | 701 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 661 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Louisiana | 655 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Illinois | 408 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Arkansas | 386 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Ohio | 372 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 371 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| North Carolina | 339 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 338 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Nita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nita is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nita with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 15,610 babies since 1880, Nita is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 74 babies (9.5%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nita
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nita and names like it
- Compare Nita and NityaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sNita peaked in 1956.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nita since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Nita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Nita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.