How Many People Are Named Nakita?

2,922

people named Nakita are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 116,969 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,018 babies named Nakita in Social Security records from 1954 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,252

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,943

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Peak Year

1986

269 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.1%
Male
0.9%

Of the babies given the name Nakita, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Nakita alive today is about 37 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 611
20.9%
30 to 59 2,282
78.1%
60 and over 29
1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Nakita first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 1986, to 269 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Nakita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #684, in 1986.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#684 (1986)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,212 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Nakita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Nakita were born in Texas than in any other state: about 128 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nakita was given 3.6 times as often in Alabama, 2.4 times in Georgia and 2.3 times in Tennessee.

Texas 128
New York 107
Illinois 92
Michigan 84
California 81
Florida 77
Georgia 71
Ohio 67
Alabama 63
Virginia 58
Tennessee 52
North Carolina 42
Pennsylvania 35
Louisiana 28
Mississippi 24
Maryland 20
Massachusetts 19
District of Columbia 18
Indiana 17
Oklahoma 15
New Jersey 12
South Carolina 12
Arkansas 11
Kansas 10
Hawaii 9
Washington 7
New Mexico 5
Missouri 5
Colorado 5
Wisconsin 5

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