Recorded 2001–2018 Girls' name Peak 2002 32 births

Nakayah — girls' name

32 babies named Nakayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s222010s10
2000s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Nakayah was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nakayah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Nakayah between 2001 and 2018, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nakayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakayah 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 32 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.

Nakayah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

32

Since 2001

18 years of records

Peak year

2002

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2001

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2018

Nakayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2001

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
6
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.5 201820112007200620022001 5

Nakayah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
22 births that decade — 69% of Nakayah's all-time total
2000s222010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakayah?
32 babies have been named Nakayah since 2001. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 6 births.
When was Nakayah most popular?
Nakayah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Nakayah been used?
Nakayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 18 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Nakayah?
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, 2001–2018 (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.