Nitai

#10,380 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Nitta

Nitai has been given to 67 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #10,380 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Nitai, 2025

1 in 474,000

Nitai over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nitai: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Nitta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nitai means

Nitai is a form of Nitta.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nitta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 67 boys were recorded with the name Nitai between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2012; its best national rank was #9,460 in 2012.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,481 in 2015 to #10,380 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Nitai?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,380; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nitai sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nitai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nitais were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nitai was born before 2018 — so the typical Nitai is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 43.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 67; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 43.3% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Nitai rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,282; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,101; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 87.5%; Peak was 2012 (8)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,460; 2012

Spellings of Nitai

Nitai is not the most common spelling — Isai is, with 24.5% against Nitai's 0.22%.

Isai24.5%7,340
Titan18.3%5,496
Tai10.4%3,122
Eitan9.5%2,844
Niam6.0%1,798
Natan5.4%1,623
Nima3.5%1,052
Nakai3.2%947

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nitai around the world

Where Nitai ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2012–2019
#4,702
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nitai by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,380
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,460; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 8 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 67
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Nitai

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ittai Nitish Katai Nitesh Nithin Kitai Altai Dontai Amitai Etai Nitya Matai Nitin Nithilan Itai Deontai Atai Nithish Fatai Devontai Kahtai Amittai Davontai Keontai

Sibling names for Nitai

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Annabell Rhianna Alysa Adelle Sydnie Kendyl Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Tobin Jarod

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