Nakita
Nakita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 684th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1986269 births
- Best rank
- #684in 1986
- Since 1954
- 2,990people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,990 girls have been named Nakita in the United States since 1954, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 269 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 269 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 39%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1986, its biggest year
Nakita was the 684th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Nakita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaimiepeak 1987
- Shantepeak 1990
- Shantaepeak 1986
- Felishapeak 1989
- Samathapeak 1989
- Caressapeak 1987
- Sharellpeak 1986
- Kashapeak 1990
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.