girl's name

Niketa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 386

Niketa is a girl's name. In 2002 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1986, when 38 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Niketa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2002, not a full ten years.

182
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Niketa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 109
1980s 182
1990s 70
2000s (to 2002) 5

How popular is Niketa?

In 2002, Niketa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Niketa is used

England & Wales #2,521 6 in 1999
United States #15,656 5 in 2002

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Niketa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Niketa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Niketa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Niketa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Niketa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Niketa

How popular is the name Niketa?

In 2002, Niketa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Niketa a girl's or a boy's name?

Niketa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Niketa most popular?

Niketa peaked in 1986, when 38 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.