How Many People Are Named Nitya?
people named Nitya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 300,866 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,146 babies named Nitya in Social Security records from 1988 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "always, eternal" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form नित्या (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga) and the masculine form नित्य.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nitya, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nitya alive today is about 14 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nitya first appears in the records in 1988 and was given most often in 2009, to 62 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1988 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nitya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,891, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #3,504.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,504 |
| Best rank | #2,891 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,463 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nitya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nitya were born in California than in any other state: about 171 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nitya was given 9.5 times as often in New Jersey, 3.4 times in California and 1.5 times in Texas.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.