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Nikita

Nikita was the #4,460 girls' name in the US in 2025 (31 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Nikita as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nikita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nikita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,460 (31)#3,333 (7)———#1,495 (16)
2024#4,387 (32)#3,319 (7)———#1,949 (11)
2023#3,640 (42)#2,063 (13)———#2,027 (10)
2022#4,108 (35)#1,849 (15)———#1,854 (11)
2021#3,157 (51)#1,569 (19)—#350 (4)#883 (3)#2,377 (8)
2020#3,338 (46)#1,267 (25)——#700 (4)#1,557 (14)
2019#3,499 (44)#1,497 (20)———#1,922 (11)
2018#2,962 (55)#1,393 (23)——#896 (3)#1,089 (23)
2017#2,816 (60)#1,144 (30)——#873 (3)#1,269 (19)
2016#2,502 (72)#881 (42)#798 (3)——#1,075 (24)
2015#2,088 (93)#891 (41)——#660 (5)#1,115 (22)
2014#2,323 (79)#940 (39)——#584 (6)#1,530 (15)
2013#1,866 (108)#663 (60)#663 (4)#440 (3)#424 (10)#888 (30)
2012#1,807 (112)#607 (69)#397 (9)#451 (3)#414 (11)#604 (48)
2011#1,571 (139)#432 (99)#810 (3)#444 (3)#393 (12)#639 (45)

Nikita as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nikita as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nikita as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,139 (25)#2,133 (11)——#829 (3)#1,804 (11)
2024#3,394 (34)#1,322 (20)———#2,062 (9)
2023#2,346 (59)#1,309 (20)——#770 (3)#1,496 (13)
2022#2,517 (54)#1,029 (28)——#509 (6)#1,557 (12)
2021#1,943 (77)#888 (34)——#454 (7)#1,478 (13)
2020#2,167 (64)#1,019 (27)——#496 (6)#1,261 (16)
2019#2,150 (66)#1,113 (24)——#564 (5)#1,326 (15)
2018#1,886 (79)#958 (30)#704 (3)—#635 (4)#1,133 (18)
2017#2,032 (69)#861 (36)——#443 (7)#1,074 (20)
2016#1,675 (94)#903 (34)——#491 (6)#1,234 (16)
2015#1,691 (92)#790 (40)——#554 (5)#847 (27)
2014#1,564 (101)#650 (52)——#403 (9)#1,152 (17)
2013#1,878 (75)#751 (43)——#338 (12)#858 (27)
2012#1,775 (84)#765 (42)#568 (4)#403 (3)#336 (12)#1,143 (17)
2011#1,812 (79)#1,024 (26)——#342 (12)#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #250.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.
  • In 2025, 55% of US babies named Nikita were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nikita is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 59,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 79,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nikita by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nikita (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Nikita (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NikitaCanadaGirls#1,49516
NikitaCanadaBoys#1,80411
NikitaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
NikitaEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
NikitaIrelandGirls—too few
NikitaIrelandBoys#8293
NikitaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NikitaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NikitaScotlandGirls—too few
NikitaScotlandBoys—too few
NikitaUSGirls#4,46031
NikitaUSBoys#4,13925