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How popular is “Nita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nita” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nita” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nita” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nita” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nita” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nita” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 100%
1892 28 0.000083739 28 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 44 0.000125349 44 100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 100%
1897 21 0.000060526 21 100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 100%
1900 29 0.000064408 29 100%
1901 25 0.000072294 25 100%
1902 30 0.000077573 30 100%
1903 30 0.000078699 30 100%
1904 40 0.000099136 40 100%
1905 40 0.000094357 40 100%
1906 31 0.000072354 31 100%
1907 36 0.000077354 36 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 43 0.000084112 43 100%
1910 49 0.000082951 49 100%
1911 42 0.000065189 42 100%
1912 70 0.000070846 70 100%
1913 52 0.00004573 52 100%
1914 69 0.000048717 69 100%
1915 114 0.000062213 114 100%
1916 108 0.000055831 108 100%
1917 91 0.000045347 91 100%
1918 134 0.00006172 134 100%
1919 109 0.000051653 109 100%
1920 122 0.000053919 122 100%
1921 111 0.000047548 111 100%
1922 111 0.000048489 111 100%
1923 152 0.000066016 152 100%
1924 155 0.000065082 155 100%
1925 182 0.000078001 182 100%
1926 164 0.000071432 164 100%
1927 177 0.000076314 177 100%
1928 170 0.00007519 170 100%
1929 139 0.000063408 139 100%
1930 174 0.000078262 174 100%
1931 170 0.000080784 170 100%
1932 190 0.000089992 190 100%
1933 164 0.000082023 164 100%
1934 174 0.000083782 174 100%
1935 166 0.00007943 166 100%
1936 167 0.000080382 167 100%
1937 175 0.000082134 175 100%
1938 174 0.000078641 174 100%
1939 174 0.000078967 174 100%
1940 174 0.000075564 174 100%
1941 220 0.000090296 220 100%
1942 240 0.000087854 240 100%
1943 265 0.000093886 265 100%
1944 211 0.000078436 211 100%
1945 230 0.000086697 230 100%
1946 253 0.000079179 253 100%
1947 263 0.000073008 263 100%
1948 265 0.000076756 265 100%
1949 256 0.000073462 256 100%
1950 246 0.000070218 246 100%
1951 283 0.000076824 283 100%
1952 344 0.000090574 344 100%
1953 339 0.000087969 339 100%
1954 389 0.000097721 389 100%
1955 396 0.000098628 396 100%
1956 403 0.000097743 403 100%
1957 367 0.000087336 367 100%
1958 359 0.000086843 359 100%
1959 325 0.000078163 325 100%
1960 310 0.00007463 310 100%
1961 276 0.00006663 276 100%
1962 271 0.000067156 271 100%
1963 267 0.000067455 267 100%
1964 205 0.000052732 205 100%
1965 159 0.000043857 159 100%
1966 152 0.000043733 152 100%
1967 149 0.000043889 149 100%
1968 120 0.00003552 120 100%
1969 125 0.000035968 125 100%
1970 107 0.000029669 107 100%
1971 86 0.000025056 86 100%
1972 99 0.000031499 99 100%
1973 95 0.000031489 95 100%
1974 62 0.000020395 62 100%
1975 68 0.000022521 68 100%
1976 71 0.000023399 71 100%
1977 55 0.000017315 55 100%
1978 54 0.000017014 54 100%
1979 67 0.000020138 67 100%
1980 50 0.000014516 50 100%
1981 47 0.000013586 47 100%
1982 39 0.000011118 39 100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 100%
1984 44 0.000012612 44 100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 100%
1992 26 0.000006769 26 100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 100%
1996 9 0.000002468 9 100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 22 0.000005503 22 100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

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