Nikita**
#1,345 most common girls' name of all time · #2,336 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 1949–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,345
Rank overall
#2,336 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
13,668
Since 2016
1,089
Peak year
1986 #250
Best rank
#250 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 1,066/yr
Nikita first appears in 1949. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 25 | 56 | #4,481 |
| 2024 | 32 | 34 | 66 | #4,405 |
| 2023 | 42 | 59 | 101 | #3,657 |
| 2022 | 35 | 54 | 89 | #4,134 |
| 2021 | 51 | 77 | 128 | #3,176 |
| 2020 | 46 | 64 | 110 | #3,356 |
| 2019 | 44 | 66 | 110 | #3,516 |
| 2018 | 55 | 79 | 134 | #2,975 |
| 2017 | 60 | 69 | 129 | #2,821 |
| 2016 | 72 | 94 | 166 | #2,506 |
| 2015 | 93 | 92 | 185 | #2,094 |
| 2014 | 79 | 101 | 180 | #2,331 |
| 2013 | 108 | 75 | 183 | #1,869 |
| 2012 | 112 | 84 | 196 | #1,811 |
| 2011 | 139 | 79 | 218 | #1,572 |
| 2010 | 124 | 103 | 227 | #1,698 |
| 2009 | 84 | 116 | 200 | #2,322 |
| 2008 | 106 | 117 | 223 | #1,982 |
| 2007 | 108 | 88 | 196 | #1,915 |
| 2006 | 122 | 95 | 217 | #1,716 |
| 2005 | 115 | 74 | 189 | #1,724 |
| 2004 | 149 | 88 | 237 | #1,400 |
| 2003 | 153 | 79 | 232 | #1,335 |
| 2002 | 206 | 76 | 282 | #1,044 |
| 2001 | 214 | 59 | 273 | #1,005 |
| 2000 | 250 | 58 | 308 | #882 |
| 1999 | 320 | 47 | 367 | #710 |
| 1998 | 359 | 52 | 411 | #643 |
| 1997 | 398 | 37 | 435 | #584 |
| 1996 | 161 | 32 | 193 | #1,127 |
| 1995 | 190 | 38 | 228 | #989 |
| 1994 | 207 | 36 | 243 | #917 |
| 1993 | 265 | 25 | 290 | #779 |
| 1992 | 343 | 36 | 379 | #651 |
| 1991 | 372 | 31 | 403 | #608 |
| 1990 | 337 | 38 | 375 | #661 |
| 1989 | 417 | 37 | 454 | #545 |
| 1988 | 454 | 20 | 474 | #497 |
| 1987 | 659 | 47 | 706 | #361 |
| 1986 | 1,034 | 32 | 1,066 | #250 |
| 1985 | 162 | 29 | 191 | #962 |
| 1984 | 133 | 7 | 140 | #1,057 |
| 1983 | 110 | 9 | 119 | #1,187 |
| 1982 | 105 | 8 | 113 | #1,245 |
| 1981 | 126 | 5 | 131 | #1,108 |
| 1980 | 143 | 9 | 152 | #1,018 |
| 1979 | 145 | 9 | 154 | #988 |
| 1978 | 165 | 10 | 175 | #885 |
| 1977 | 181 | 13 | 194 | #831 |
| 1976 | 172 | 6 | 178 | #810 |
| 1975 | 166 | 13 | 179 | #822 |
| 1974 | 170 | 18 | 188 | #797 |
| 1973 | 147 | 14 | 161 | #877 |
| 1972 | 146 | 13 | 159 | #876 |
| 1971 | 95 | 12 | 107 | #1,202 |
| 1970 | 60 | 14 | 74 | #1,594 |
| 1969 | 35 | 11 | 46 | #2,162 |
| 1968 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #2,950 |
| 1967 | 25 | 17 | 42 | #2,482 |
| 1966 | 20 | 12 | 32 | #2,815 |
| 1965 | 24 | 18 | 42 | #2,522 |
| 1964 | 32 | 24 | 56 | #2,144 |
| 1963 | 26 | 19 | 45 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 41 | 14 | 55 | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 39 | 21 | 60 | #1,867 |
| 1960 | 56 | 25 | 81 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 44 | 19 | 63 | #1,671 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,073 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,473 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,600 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,302 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,023 |