Girls' name · since 1974
Nakea
Nakea has 228 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nakea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 228 recorded since 1974.
Nakea has 228 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2007.
- #18,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 228 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakea ranks #18,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 228 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nakea's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Nakea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nakea's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nakea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2007
- Peak year (1994)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Nakea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Nakea's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nakea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (37% of all-time use).
Nakea by state
Where Nakea concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 228 births nationwide.
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- Nakea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nakeas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1974–2007 (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 Nakea 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.