NameTides

Nitya

Nitya was the #3,459 girls' name in the US in 2025 (44 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Nitya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Nitya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nitya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,459 (44)#2,605 (10)#1,141 (23)
2024#3,081 (52)#1,743 (17)#1,153 (22)
2023#3,984 (37)#2,063 (13)#1,774 (12)
2022#4,472 (31)#5,670 (3)#1,727 (12)
2021#4,964 (26)#5,581 (3)#2,185 (9)
2020#5,003 (25)#3,899 (5)#3,251 (5)
2019#4,260 (33)—#3,266 (5)
2018#3,346 (47)#5,666 (3)—
2017#3,919 (38)#4,763 (4)#2,609 (7)
2016#3,996 (37)#3,609 (6)#1,785 (12)
2015#4,232 (34)#3,252 (7)—
2014#3,486 (45)#2,862 (8)—
2013#3,645 (42)#4,050 (5)—
2012#4,047 (37)#4,838 (4)—
2011#3,999 (37)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #3,081.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 37,000 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 37,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nitya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 36,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nitya 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: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: 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: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nitya (girls) 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#86713

Nitya (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
NityaCanadaGirls#1,14123
NityaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
NityaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NityaUSGirls#3,45944
NityaUSBoys—too few