Nakita

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nakita: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nakita: Recorded since 1986, its highest recorded position is #285, and it was last ranked in 2016.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#285highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1126
1998	#846
1999	#1107
2000	#1250
2001	#1617
2002	#1442
2003	#2436
2004	#1952
2005	#2247
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#4171
2013	#5742
2016	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

In 2005: #377 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2247 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1986–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #285 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1986–2002
Highest recorded position: #285 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–2002).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Girls

Nakita appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 19 ranked years and 184 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1986.

Nakita across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nakita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#846 (1998)	#5785 (2016)	19 of 21	184 (1996–2016)	26 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#285 (1986)	#285 (1986)	#620 (2002)	13 of 17	73 (1986–2002)	12 (1986)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#343 (2001)	#343 (2001)	#377 (2005)	2 of 5	6 (2001–2005)	3 (2001)

Nakita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nakita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	90	10 of 10	9
2010s	18	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nakita appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #285 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Nakita's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#846	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1986 and 2016, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #285, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nala · #428, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Charly · #284, 27y
Cheyanne · #286, 26y
Kamile · #286, 23y
Mischa · #286, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Farrell · #286, 25y
Seline · #284, 35y
Aimie · #282, 26y
Shamus · #292, 19y

Nakita was ranked #285 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nakita and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nakita without appearing here.

Nakita moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1126 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #846 and #1319.
Cheryl Compare
In 1995 they stood at #516 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #429 and #534.
Janice Compare
In 1997 they stood at #440 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #425 and #498.
Barbara Compare
In 2000 they stood at #425 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #441 and #498.

Moved ahead of Nakita

Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4171 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Josefine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4171 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2247 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3218 and #1741.

Moved the opposite way to Nakita

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 while Alma went from #2096 to #529.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 while Alyssa went from #783 to #198.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 while Amalie went from #2096 to #703.

Moved the same way as Nakita

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #400.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1416.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Nakita went from #1222 to #5785 and Alex from #161 to #1416.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #285 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Nakita

Nakita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nakita across 3 official records

Nakita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nakita at a glance

Nakita across 3 official records

Nakita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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