Recorded 1999–2020 Girls' name Peak 2004 166 births

Nakaiya — girls' name

166 babies named Nakaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s92000s1252010s262020s6
2000s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Nakaiya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

20 babies were named Nakaiya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakaiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Nakaiya between 1999 and 2020, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakaiya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakaiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakaiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakaiya 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 166 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.

Nakaiya at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

166

Since 1999

22 years of records

Peak year

2004

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1999

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2020

Nakaiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1999

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2004)
20
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
0510152025 2020201520092006200320001999 9

Nakaiya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
125 births that decade — 75% of Nakaiya's all-time total
1990s92000s1252010s262020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakaiya?
166 babies have been named Nakaiya since 1999. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2004 with 20 births.
When was Nakaiya most popular?
Nakaiya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 125 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Nakaiya been used?
Nakaiya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 22 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Nakaiya?
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, 1999–2020 (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.