Recorded 1973–2017 Girls' name Peak 2005 149 births

Nitika — girls' name

149 babies named Nitika in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s321980s121990s282000s482010s29
2000s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Nitika was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

14 babies were named Nitika in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nitika

The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Nitika between 1973 and 2017, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nitika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nitika performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nitika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nitika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nitika 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 149 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.

Nitika at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

149

Since 1973

45 years of records

Peak year

2005

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1973

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2017

Nitika popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1973

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2005)
14
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
46810121416 20172010200520021995198419771973 6

Nitika by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
48 births that decade — 32% of Nitika's all-time total
1970s321980s121990s282000s482010s29

Nitika by state

Where Nitika concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nitika
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.4%
California share of Nitika's total US births 3.4%

5 of 149 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nitika?
149 babies have been named Nitika since 1973. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2005 with 14 births.
When was Nitika most popular?
Nitika was most popular in the 2000s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Nitika most popular?
The top states for the name Nitika are California (5 births).
How long has the name Nitika been used?
Nitika has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 45 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Nitika?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nita, Nitya, Nithya, Nitza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1973–2017 (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.