Nandita
Nandita or Nanditha is an Indian feminine given name. It is a North Indian name.
Meaning & Origin of Nandita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nandita or Nanditha is an Indian feminine given name. It is a North Indian name.
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The Story of Nandita
Nandita first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 19 Nanditas were born — ranking #6,216 that year. As of 2026, Nandita ranks #15,292 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 245 Nanditas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Nandita
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- Nanditha (born 1978), Indian singer
- Nandita Adhiya , Indian cricketer
- Nandita Behera , Indian classical dancer
- Nandita Berry, (born 1968), Indian American attorney
- Nandita Basu , Indian-born American environmental engineer
- Nanditha Bose , Indian actress
- Nandita Chandra , Indian actress
- Nandita Das (born 1969), Indian actress and director
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Names that sound like Nandita
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About the name Nandita
Nandita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 245 births in the dataset. Nandita's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #6,216. Use the chart and map above to compare Nandita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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