Nitza
Feminine · “flower bud”
Nitza is a Hebrew name meaning a flower bud, two quick syllables with a bright tz. It is used in Israel and, by a separate road, in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, where one Nitza became a household name.
How old is the name Nitza?
Nitza first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Nitza alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 500 people named Nitza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nitza most popular?
Nitza peaked in 1961, reaching #3460 nationally. See the whole 1961 chart.
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Where it comes from
From nitza to Nitza
The story of Nitza
In Hebrew, nitza is the bud of a flower, and the name belongs to a family of nature names used in Israel. In Cuba, Nitza Villapol hosted a cooking program on television for more than four decades and wrote the country's best-known cookbook, and when rationing emptied the shops she taught viewers how to cook with whatever could be found. Families brought Nitza to America from both traditions.
Meaning
flower bud
From Hebrew nitza, a bud or blossom. It is also used as a given name in Puerto Rico and Cuba.
How the name formed
- nitza
- Nitza
Related forms: Nitza · Nitza
Pronouncing Nitza
NEET-suh
Two syllables, stressed on the first, with the tz as in pizza.
Nicknames for Nitza
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1951
- Most girls named
- 200118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3460reached in 1961
- Change vs 2015
- +40.0%7 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nitza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nitza in Hebrew — same name
- Nitza in Spanish — same name
Nitzas among us
people named Nitza are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Nitza sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its meaning, a bud, is fresh and lovely.
- It is short and distinctive.
- It works in Hebrew, Spanish and English.
- English speakers may say NIT-zuh or NY-tsuh.
- People may confuse it with Nita or Nizza.
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Frequently asked
- How many Nitzas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Nitza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nitza in 2025?
- Nitza is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Nitza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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