The baby name Nikita appears in baby name data for the United States from 1959 to 2023. It was most popular in 1986 with 1,391 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Nikita has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 23 |
| 1960 | 10 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1969 | 15 |
| 1970 | 23 |
| 1971 | 83 |
| 1972 | 158 |
| 1973 | 146 |
| 1974 | 184 |
| 1975 | 180 |
| 1976 | 181 |
| 1977 | 205 |
| 1978 | 219 |
| 1979 | 173 |
| 1980 | 153 |
| 1981 | 105 |
| 1982 | 72 |
| 1983 | 102 |
| 1984 | 158 |
| 1985 | 165 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 1,391 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1987 | 885 |
| 1987 | 22 |
| 1988 | 543 |
| 1989 | 478 |
| 1990 | 303 |
| 1991 | 479 |
| 1992 | 360 |
| 1993 | 239 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 170 |
| 1995 | 145 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 114 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 428 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 340 |
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1999 | 278 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 194 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 141 |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | 148 |
| 2002 | 44 |
| 2003 | 82 |
| 2003 | 33 |
| 2004 | 116 |
| 2004 | 42 |
| 2005 | 84 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2006 | 99 |
| 2006 | 48 |
| 2007 | 45 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2008 | 80 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2009 | 72 |
| 2010 | 74 |
| 2010 | 59 |
| 2011 | 60 |
| 2011 | 45 |
| 2012 | 57 |
| 2012 | 52 |
| 2013 | 19 |
| 2013 | 46 |
| 2014 | 20 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 46 |
| 2015 | 72 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2016 | 85 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2018 | 55 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2020 | 34 |
| 2021 | 38 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 23 |