Girls' name · since 2001
Nakayah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Nakayah, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,283 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
32 girls have been named Nakayah since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nakayah has 32 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2018.
- #40,283 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakayah ranks #40,283 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #40,283 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nakayah's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nakayah's full recorded timeline at 2007, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nakayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2018
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nakayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Nakayah's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Nakayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Nakayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nakayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nakayah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.