Nikita is a girl's name of Indian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 32 girls in the United States.
Nikita belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Nikita first appears in Social Security records in 1949. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #250 in 1986, and in 2024 32 babies received the name — 10,745 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Nikita is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Indian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Nikita is a girl name. In 2024, 32 babies received the name in the US.
Nikita comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Nikita first appears in US records in 1949. Its best-ever ranking was #250 in 1986, and 32 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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