Nita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-tah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Nita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Nita mean?
Hebrew: short form of Anita or Juanita
“grace”
Began as a short form of the Spanish names Anita and Juanita.
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Is Nita a girl's or a boy's name?
Nita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5 girls.
Nita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Nita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Nita, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 403 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Nita in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,661 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,553 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,151 |
| 1972 | 99 | #1,116 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,280 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,099 |
| 1969 | 125 | #955 |
| 1968 | 120 | #947 |
| 1967 | 149 | #815 |
| 1966 | 152 | #803 |
| 1965 | 159 | #784 |
| 1964 | 205 | #724 |
| 1963 | 267 | #617 |
| 1962 | 271 | #608 |
| 1961 | 276 | #606 |
| 1960 | 310 | #555 |
| 1959 | 325 | #539 |
| 1958 | 359 | #506 |
| 1957 | 367 | #493 |
| 1956 | 403 | #460 |
| 1955 | 396 | #452 |
| 1954 | 389 | #444 |
| 1953 | 339 | #459 |
| 1952 | 344 | #456 |
| 1951 | 283 | #485 |
| 1950 | 246 | #521 |
| 1949 | 256 | #507 |
| 1948 | 265 | #500 |
| 1947 | 263 | #509 |
| 1946 | 253 | #488 |
| 1945 | 230 | #474 |
| 1944 | 211 | #497 |
| 1943 | 265 | #455 |
| 1942 | 240 | #476 |
| 1941 | 220 | #473 |
| 1940 | 174 | #520 |
| 1939 | 174 | #509 |
| 1938 | 174 | #506 |
| 1937 | 175 | #499 |
| 1936 | 167 | #500 |
| 1935 | 166 | #490 |
| 1934 | 174 | #488 |
| 1933 | 164 | #499 |
| 1932 | 190 | #479 |
| 1931 | 170 | #494 |
| 1930 | 174 | #508 |
| 1929 | 139 | #582 |
| 1928 | 170 | #536 |
| 1927 | 177 | #534 |
| 1926 | 164 | #547 |
| 1925 | 182 | #529 |
| 1924 | 155 | #594 |
| 1923 | 152 | #584 |
| 1922 | 111 | #694 |
| 1921 | 111 | #704 |
| 1920 | 122 | #655 |
| 1919 | 109 | #666 |
| 1918 | 134 | #608 |
| 1917 | 91 | #735 |
| 1916 | 108 | #654 |
| 1915 | 114 | #611 |
| 1914 | 69 | #692 |
| 1913 | 52 | #721 |
| 1912 | 70 | #576 |
| 1911 | 42 | #667 |
| 1910 | 49 | #593 |
| 1909 | 43 | #587 |
| 1908 | 40 | #593 |
| 1907 | 36 | #624 |
| 1906 | 31 | #642 |
| 1905 | 40 | #547 |
| 1904 | 40 | #520 |
| 1903 | 30 | #596 |
| 1902 | 30 | #600 |
| 1901 | 25 | #630 |
| 1900 | 29 | #656 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 23 | #679 |
| 1897 | 21 | #681 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 |
| 1895 | 44 | #426 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 28 | #510 |
| 1891 | 27 | #497 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 15 | #541 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
Names like Nita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anna, Nancy, Eva, Martha, Nina, Rosa, Ada, Annie, Elsie, Etta, Polly, Alice
Names related to Nita
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nita, updated 20 October 2026.