The baby name Nita appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 1994. It was most popular in 1956 with 461 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Nita has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 9 |
| 1911 | 24 |
| 1912 | 31 |
| 1913 | 14 |
| 1914 | 25 |
| 1915 | 79 |
| 1916 | 62 |
| 1917 | 48 |
| 1918 | 94 |
| 1919 | 75 |
| 1920 | 77 |
| 1921 | 68 |
| 1922 | 73 |
| 1923 | 117 |
| 1924 | 135 |
| 1925 | 171 |
| 1926 | 140 |
| 1927 | 189 |
| 1928 | 184 |
| 1929 | 156 |
| 1930 | 164 |
| 1931 | 195 |
| 1932 | 199 |
| 1933 | 156 |
| 1934 | 124 |
| 1935 | 223 |
| 1936 | 110 |
| 1937 | 149 |
| 1938 | 155 |
| 1939 | 141 |
| 1940 | 134 |
| 1941 | 192 |
| 1942 | 182 |
| 1943 | 358 |
| 1944 | 84 |
| 1945 | 176 |
| 1946 | 189 |
| 1947 | 218 |
| 1948 | 234 |
| 1949 | 211 |
| 1950 | 255 |
| 1951 | 326 |
| 1952 | 408 |
| 1953 | 364 |
| 1954 | 446 |
| 1955 | 429 |
| 1956 | 461 |
| 1957 | 426 |
| 1958 | 392 |
| 1959 | 368 |
| 1960 | 368 |
| 1961 | 326 |
| 1962 | 323 |
| 1963 | 254 |
| 1964 | 161 |
| 1965 | 107 |
| 1966 | 92 |
| 1967 | 97 |
| 1968 | 89 |
| 1969 | 78 |
| 1970 | 55 |
| 1971 | 63 |
| 1972 | 47 |
| 1973 | 51 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 38 |
| 1976 | 15 |
| 1977 | 23 |
| 1978 | 12 |
| 1979 | 21 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1986 | 10 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1994 | 5 |