Recorded 1975–2019 Girls' name Peak 2000 43 births

Nakaia — girls' name

43 babies named Nakaia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51990s52000s232010s10
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Nakaia was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nakaia in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakaia

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Nakaia between 1975 and 2019, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakaia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakaia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakaia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakaia 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 43 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.

Nakaia at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

43

Since 1975

45 years of records

Peak year

2000

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1975

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nakaia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1975

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2000)
6
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
4.555.566.5 20192012200720022001200019951975 5

Nakaia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
23 births that decade — 53% of Nakaia's all-time total
1970s51990s52000s232010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakaia?
43 babies have been named Nakaia since 1975. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2000 with 6 births.
When was Nakaia most popular?
Nakaia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Nakaia been used?
Nakaia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 45 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nakaia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nakia, Nakita, Nakisha, Nakayla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1975–2019 (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.