Nikita
Nikita was the 4217th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 1429th with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,516 places. More babies were named Nikita in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,217 boys, down 2,036 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- 43% girls, 57% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2008117 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,668babies recorded
Nikita popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,524 | #4,217 | 31 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,376 | #2,181 | 46 | 64 |
| 2010 | #1,701 | #1,556 | 124 | 103 |
| 2000 | #884 | #1,842 | 250 | 58 |
| 1990 | #661 | #2,005 | 337 | 38 |
| 1980 | #1,018 | #4,394 | 143 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,593 | #2,596 | 60 | 14 |
| 1960 | #1,478 | #1,652 | 56 | 25 |
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How popular is Nikita, counting every spelling?
Nikita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nikita?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nikita (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nikita born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nikita.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nikita?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Nikita are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 11 and 29. That makes Nikita mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nikita by state
How common Nikita was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (6.2×), California (2.0×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Nikita
How popular is the name Nikita?
Nikita was the 4217th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 1429th with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,516 places. More babies were named Nikita in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Nikita a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 43% girls, 57% boys given the name Nikita in the US.
Where is Nikita most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nikita was most common in Washington (0.18 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Massachusetts.