first name
NITA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,378 people named Nita, 63.8% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nita peaked in 1956, when 403 babies got the name.
At least 14,268 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nita by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #872. The largest share of babies named Nita, 40.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nita is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nita has been most common in Oklahoma (5.1×), Louisiana (3.8×), and Arkansas (3.8×), and least common in New York (0.37×).
9,399 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Nita
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nita, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nita ranks #61,594 of 156,621, with 352 people. See Nita as a last name
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