Recorded 1993–2022 Girls' name Peak 2002 270 births

Nakaya — girls' name

270 babies named Nakaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s572000s1722010s312020s10
2000s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Nakaya was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

27 babies were named Nakaya in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Nakaya between 1993 and 2022, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakaya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakaya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nakaya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakaya 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 270 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.

Nakaya at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

270

Since 1993

30 years of records

Peak year

2002

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1993

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2022

Nakaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1993

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2002)
27
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
051015202530 202220152009200620032000199719941993 6

Nakaya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
172 births that decade — 64% of Nakaya's all-time total
1990s572000s1722010s312020s10

Nakaya by state

Where Nakaya concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nakaya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
6 2.2%
Georgia share of Nakaya's total US births 2.2%

6 of 270 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakaya?
270 babies have been named Nakaya since 1993. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2002 with 27 births.
When was Nakaya most popular?
Nakaya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 172 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Nakaya most popular?
The top states for the name Nakaya are Georgia (6 births).
How long has the name Nakaya been used?
Nakaya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 30 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Nakaya?
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, 1993–2022 (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.