Girls' name · since 1988
Nitya
Nitya has 1,136 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nitya is the #3491 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,136 recorded since 1988.
Nitya has 1,136 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3491 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,491 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,136 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nitya ranks #6,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,491 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,136 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nitya's 1,136 recorded births place it above 90.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nitya compares
1,136 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nitya's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nitya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,136 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nitya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nitya's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 57, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nitya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Nitya popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2009 (Nitya as boys' name)
Nitya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (435 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Nitya's strongest decade.
435 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nitya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 95
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
435 births
- 2010s
2010s
386 births
- 2020s
2020s
215 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 435 births (38% of all-time use).
How Nitya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nitya's total volume
Nitya by state
Where Nitya concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 172 | 15.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 89 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 61 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 17 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
172 of 1,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Nitya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (435 total births) through the 2020s (215) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nityas (172 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nitya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Nitya 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.