MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nita mean?
Nītā is the feminine participle related to the root nī, to lead. Its long first vowel distinguishes it from niti, the conduct or policy noun.
Pronunciation
IAST: nītā
Meaning themes
guidance
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नीता
Letter-by-letter: nītā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਨੀਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
निता
Letter-by-letter: nitā
3,954 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nita in Indian usage
87,608 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 86,811 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 797 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 437 |
| 1950s | 2,405 |
| 1960s | 11,577 |
| 1970s | 23,174 |
| 1980s | 31,737 |
| 1990s | 18,139 |
| Other decades | 139 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 34,685 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 18,446 |
| Bihar | 8,228 |
| Rajasthan | 6,726 |
| Haryana | 6,029 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,976 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,654 |
| Jharkhand | 2,617 |
| Punjab | 1,919 |
| Delhi | 1,104 |
| Goa | 635 |
| Odisha | 379 |
| Chandigarh | 244 |
| Meghalaya | 205 |
| Assam | 196 |
| Maharashtra | 159 |
| Other states | 406 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001