Nita

First Name
14k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
331
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
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  1. Related Names
  2. Pronunciation
  3. Meanings and Origins
  4. Notable Persons Named Nita
  5. Notable Persons With the Last Name Nita
  6. Popularity by Year and Gender
  7. Regional Popularity
  8. Ethnicity Distribution
  9. Fun Facts
  10. What Nitas Have Visited This Page?
  11. Name Poster

How to Pronounce Nita

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Meaning and Origin

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Origin and Meaning of Nita

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  • According to a user from Thailand, the name Nita is of Hebrew origin and means "To plant".
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Notable Persons Named Nita

Nita Ambani

Nita Ambani is a founder & chairperson, reliance foundation, director, reliance industries limited, dhirubhai ambani international school, co-owner, mumbai indians, football sports development limited, president, sir h. n. reliance foundation hospital & research centre, e. Nita was born on November 1st, 1963 in Mumbai.

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Nita Strauss

Nita Strauss is a heavy metal music, hard rock, and tribute act musician. She has had major accomplishments since 2003. Nita was born Nita Strauss on December 7th, 1986. Nita is also known as Mega Murray and Mega Murray (stage name).

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Nita Talbot

Nita Talbot is an actress and actor. She was most prominent from 1949 to 1997. Nita was given the name Anita Sokol on August 8th, 1930 in New York City, New York, U.S. Nita is also known as Ginger Grey.

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Nita Lowey

Nita Lowey is an office holder. Nita was born on July 5th, 1937 in The Bronx.

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Nita Naldi

Nita Naldi was an actress. She was most prominent from 1920 to 1929. Nita was given the name Mary Dooley on November 13th, 1894. She left this life on February 17th, 1961.

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Nita Bieber

Nita Bieber is a film, theatre, actor, dance, stageactress, and dancer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1946 to 1955. Nita was born on July 18th, 1926.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Nita

Florin Niță

Florin Niță is a soccer player for the FC Steaua București and CS Concordia Chiajna. Florin was born on July 3rd, 1987 in Bucharest.

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Robert Niţă

Robert Niţă is a soccer player for the FC Steaua București, FC Corvinul Hunedoara, AS Cimentul Fieni, FC Oțelul Galați, Foresta Fălticeni, FC Rapid București, Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C., AF Gloria Bistrița, CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu, AFC Rocar București, and Viettel F.C. Robert was born on April 2nd, 1977 in Bucharest.

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Constantin Nita

Constantin was born on November 27th, 1955.

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Sergiu T. Niță

Sergiu T. Niță was a lawyer. They were most active from 1920 to 1921. Sergiu was born in Peresecina. They left this life on March 3rd, 1940.

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Norbert Niță

Norbert Niță is a soccer player for the FC Caracal, FC Farul Constanța, FC Elista, and CS Năvodari. Norbert was born on January 14th, 1972 in Țicleni.

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Alin Niţă

Alin Niţă is an athlete for the CS Balotești.

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How popular is the baby name Nita in the U.S.?

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Year Total Babies Born Girls Born Boys Born
1881 7 7 0
1882 8 8 0
1883 9 9 0
1884 15 15 0
1885 6 6 0
1886 7 7 0
1887 13 13 0
1888 18 18 0
1889 12 12 0
1890 20 20 0
1891 27 27 0
1892 28 28 0
1893 28 28 0
1894 35 35 0
1895 44 44 0
1896 31 31 0
1897 21 21 0
1898 23 23 0
1899 22 22 0
1900 29 29 0
1901 25 25 0
1902 30 30 0
1903 30 30 0
1904 40 40 0
1905 40 40 0
1906 31 31 0
1907 36 36 0
1908 40 40 0
1909 43 43 0
1910 49 49 0
1911 42 42 0
1912 70 70 0
1913 52 52 0
1914 69 69 0
1915 114 114 0
1916 108 108 0
1917 91 91 0
1918 134 134 0
1919 109 109 0
1920 122 122 0
1921 111 111 0
1922 111 111 0
1923 152 152 0
1924 155 155 0
1925 182 182 0
1926 164 164 0
1927 177 177 0
1928 170 170 0
1929 139 139 0
1930 174 174 0
1931 170 170 0
1932 190 190 0
1933 164 164 0
1934 174 174 0
1935 166 166 0
1936 167 167 0
1937 175 175 0
1938 174 174 0
1939 174 174 0
1940 174 174 0
1941 220 220 0
1942 240 240 0
1943 265 265 0
1944 211 211 0
1945 230 230 0
1946 253 253 0
1947 263 263 0
1948 265 265 0
1949 255 255 0
1950 246 246 0
1951 284 284 0
1952 345 345 0
1953 339 339 0
1954 389 389 0
1955 395 395 0
1956 404 404 0
1957 368 368 0
1958 356 356 0
1959 327 327 0
1960 309 309 0
1961 276 276 0
1962 270 270 0
1963 268 268 0
1964 204 204 0
1965 159 159 0
1966 152 152 0
1967 150 150 0
1968 120 120 0
1969 125 125 0
1970 107 107 0
1971 86 86 0
1972 100 100 0
1973 94 94 0
1974 62 62 0
1975 68 68 0
1976 71 71 0
1977 55 55 0
1978 54 54 0
1979 67 67 0
1980 50 50 0
1981 47 47 0
1982 39 39 0
1983 37 37 0
1984 44 44 0
1985 34 34 0
1986 30 30 0
1987 26 26 0
1988 18 18 0
1989 22 22 0
1990 18 18 0
1991 27 27 0
1992 26 26 0
1993 25 25 0
1994 27 27 0
1995 25 25 0
1996 9 9 0
1997 16 16 0
1998 15 15 0
1999 12 12 0
2000 18 18 0
2001 19 19 0
2002 15 15 0
2003 15 15 0
2004 12 12 0
2005 15 15 0
2006 11 11 0
2007 21 21 0
2008 16 16 0
2009 15 15 0
2010 7 7 0
2011 7 7 0
2012 11 11 0
2013 13 13 0
2014 15 15 0
2015 13 13 0
2016 12 12 0
2017 12 12 0
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Where is the name Nita popular?

International Interest for Nita

Interest is based how many people viewed this name from each country and is scaled based on the total views by each country so that large countries do not always show the most interest. Darker blue on the map indicates that people in the country are more likely to search for this name.

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Popularity in the US

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Popularity of Nita as a first name

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Popularity of Nita as a last name

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Common last names for Nita

  • Smith
  • Johnson
  • Williams
  • Brown
  • Anderson
  • Moore
  • Miller
  • Wilson
  • Thompson
  • Jackson
  • Adams
  • Mitchell

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Nita U.S.
â–ˆ  White 87.92% 64.26%
â–ˆ  African American 0.00% 11.96%
â–ˆ  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 3.93% 4.85%
â–ˆ  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
â–ˆ  Two or More Ethnicities 3.02% 1.76%
â–ˆ  Hispanic or Latino 4.23% 16.26%

Of Last Name Nita

People with the last name Nita are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Nita

  • How Popular is the name Nita? Nita is the 2,062nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Nita was the 60,790th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Nita have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 14,187 babies born with the first name Nita in the United States. That's more than enough people named Nita to occupy the territory of Wallis and Futuna (France) with an estimated population of 13,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Nita? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Nita first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Nita is Monday, October 20th, 1873.
  • What year had the most people named Nita born? The highest recorded use of the first name Nita was in 1956 with a total of 404 babies.
  • Random Nita Factoid: According to the 1983 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Nita is not a popular baby girl's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name as you in 1983.
  • Weird things about the name Nita: Your name in reverse order is Atin. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Nait. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Nita? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 331 people with the last name Nita.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Nita? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Nita as their last name since less than 1 person in 909k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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What Nitas Have Visited This Page?

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  • U.S. Census Bureau: Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000 (public domain).
  • U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names, Death Master File (public domain).
  • Wiktionary: Titles and License.
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