Nitasha — girls' name
323 babies named Nitasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Nitasha was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Nitasha in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nitasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 323 babies named Nitasha between 1973 and 2010, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nitasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nitasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nitasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nitasha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nitasha 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 323 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.
Nitasha at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nitasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1973
- Peak year (1988)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
323 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 28 births in a single year.
Nitasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 182 births that decade — 56% of Nitasha's all-time total
Nitasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nitasha's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Nitasha by state
Where Nitasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.5% |
6 of 323 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.