Girl
Nita
As a girl's name, Nita is understood to mean "grace". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 13,813 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyShort for Juanita/Anita
EtymologyMeaning "grace"
Births by decade
1900s
344
1910s
838
1920s
1,483
1930s
1,728
1940s
2,376
1950s
3,453
1960s
2,033
1970s
764
1980s
347
1990s
200
2000s
157
2010s
90
Peaked in the 1950s · 13,813 total U.S. births since 1900