Nandita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nun-DEE-ta
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Nandita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “delighted, joyful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nandita mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nandita 'delighted'
“delighted, joyful”
From the Sanskrit nandita, meaning delighted or gladdened.
Is Nandita a girl's or a boy's name?
Nandita is a girls' name.
How popular is Nandita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nandita in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nandita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Nandita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nirvana, Navya, Radhika, Akshara, Avani, Prisha, Ishika, Priya, Dhara, Varnika, Krisha, Vibha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nandita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nandita, updated 20 October 2026.