Nita
Nita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 432nd, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1956403 births
- Best rank
- #432in 1895
- Since 1881
- 14,261people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,261 girls have been named Nita in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 403 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 403 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 88 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 279 | |
| 1900s | 344 | |
| 1910s | 838 | |
| 1920s | 1,483 | |
| 1930s | 1,728 | |
| 1940s | 2,377 | |
| 1950s | 3,451 | |
| 1960s | 2,034 | |
| 1970s | 764 | |
| 1980s | 347 | |
| 1990s | 200 | |
| 2000s | 158 | |
| 2010s | 119 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Nita was the 461st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Nita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorettapeak 1953
- Phillispeak 1949
- Annpeak 1957
- Robbiepeak 1957
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Kathernpeak 1954
- Vonniepeak 1959
- Janepeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.