Nita is an established girls' name that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Nita is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,827 for girl births in the United States (and #21,436 across all names), given to 7 babies. Nita was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1956 (403 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,827 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | #10,056 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | #7,544 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | #17,087 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #17,014 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | #10,868 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | #7,248 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #8,483 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #9,191 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #9,277 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | #8,811 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #7,964 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | #8,929 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | #10,237 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #14,433 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #14,571 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | #8,347 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #8,013 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #6,267 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #10,425 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #7,806 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | #9,124 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #7,483 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,343 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | #6,009 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #6,152 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,083 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #6,611 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #6,089 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,353 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | #4,184 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #3,977 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | #4,208 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #4,054 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | #3,904 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | #5,219 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #4,328 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #4,791 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #3,490 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,107 |
| 1985 | 34 | — | #2,782 |
| 1984 | 44 | — | #2,258 |
| 1983 | 37 | — | #2,500 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | #2,478 |
| 1981 | 47 | — | #2,182 |
| 1980 | 50 | — | #2,089 |
| 1979 | 67 | — | #1,673 |
| 1978 | 54 | — | #1,852 |
| 1977 | 55 | — | #1,847 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | #1,473 |
| 1975 | 68 | — | #1,510 |
| 1974 | 62 | — | #1,560 |
| 1973 | 95 | — | #1,157 |
| 1972 | 99 | — | #1,126 |
| 1971 | 86 | — | #1,287 |
| 1970 | 107 | — | #1,104 |
| 1969 | 125 | — | #958 |
| 1968 | 120 | — | #949 |
| 1967 | 149 | — | #819 |
| 1966 | 152 | — | #810 |
| 1965 | 159 | — | #786 |
| 1964 | 205 | — | #725 |
| 1963 | 267 | — | #619 |
| 1962 | 271 | — | #609 |
| 1961 | 276 | — | #609 |
| 1960 | 310 | — | #556 |
| 1959 | 325 | — | #541 |
| 1958 | 359 | — | #509 |
| 1957 | 367 | — | #493 |
| 1956 | 403 | — | #461 |
| 1955 | 396 | — | #453 |
| 1954 | 389 | — | #446 |
| 1953 | 339 | — | #461 |
| 1952 | 344 | — | #457 |
| 1951 | 283 | — | #488 |
| 1950 | 246 | — | #524 |
| 1949 | 256 | — | #511 |
| 1948 | 265 | — | #502 |
| 1947 | 263 | — | #510 |
| 1946 | 253 | — | #489 |
| 1945 | 230 | — | #475 |
| 1944 | 211 | — | #497 |
| 1943 | 265 | — | #455 |
| 1942 | 240 | — | #476 |
| 1941 | 220 | — | #473 |
| 1940 | 174 | — | #520 |
| 1939 | 174 | — | #509 |
| 1938 | 174 | — | #506 |
| 1937 | 175 | — | #500 |
| 1936 | 167 | — | #501 |
| 1935 | 166 | — | #490 |
| 1934 | 174 | — | #489 |
| 1933 | 164 | — | #500 |
| 1932 | 190 | — | #480 |
| 1931 | 170 | — | #494 |
| 1930 | 174 | — | #508 |
| 1929 | 139 | — | #584 |
| 1928 | 170 | — | #537 |
| 1927 | 177 | — | #536 |
| 1926 | 164 | — | #552 |
| 1925 | 182 | — | #531 |
| 1924 | 155 | — | #594 |
| 1923 | 152 | — | #585 |
| 1922 | 111 | — | #698 |
| 1921 | 111 | — | #706 |
| 1920 | 122 | — | #656 |
| 1919 | 109 | — | #671 |
| 1918 | 134 | — | #609 |
| 1917 | 91 | — | #737 |
| 1916 | 108 | — | #657 |
| 1915 | 114 | — | #614 |
| 1914 | 69 | — | #697 |
| 1913 | 52 | — | #735 |
| 1912 | 70 | — | #580 |
| 1911 | 42 | — | #672 |
| 1910 | 49 | — | #600 |
| 1909 | 43 | — | #591 |
| 1908 | 40 | — | #600 |
| 1907 | 36 | — | #629 |
| 1906 | 31 | — | #659 |
| 1905 | 40 | — | #553 |
| 1904 | 40 | — | #526 |
| 1903 | 30 | — | #603 |
| 1902 | 30 | — | #610 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | #643 |
| 1900 | 29 | — | #669 |
| 1899 | 22 | — | #673 |
| 1898 | 23 | — | #691 |
| 1897 | 21 | — | #694 |
| 1896 | 31 | — | #544 |
| 1895 | 44 | — | #432 |
| 1894 | 35 | — | #484 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #530 |
| 1892 | 28 | — | #523 |
| 1891 | 27 | — | #504 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #594 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | #786 |
| 1888 | 18 | — | #605 |
| 1887 | 13 | — | #653 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #965 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #1,015 |
| 1884 | 15 | — | #554 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | #679 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #720 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #727 |