Ikia — girls' name
252 babies named Ikia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Ikia was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Ikia in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ikia
The Social Security Administration has registered 252 babies named Ikia between 1979 and 2007, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ikia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ikia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ikia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ikia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 252 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ikia at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1979
- Peak year (2000)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
252 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 22 births in a single year.
Ikia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 102 births that decade — 40% of Ikia's all-time total
Ikia decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ikia's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Ikia by state
Where Ikia concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 252 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.