# Nita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,268 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 14,268 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Anita and other names ending in nita.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,433 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,237 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,929 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,964 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,811 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,277 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,191 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,483 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,248 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,868 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,014 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,087 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,544 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,056 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,827 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Nita

- Nita Naldi, American actress (1895–1961)
- Nita Lowey, American politician (1937–2025)
- Nita Strauss, American guitarist
- Nita Talbot, American actor (b. 1930)
- Nita Barrow, BGovernor-General of Barbados
- Nita Englund, American ski jumper
- Nita Bieber, American actress (1926-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.