Girls' name · since 1976
Nakeda
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Nakeda, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakeda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 48 have been recorded since 1976.
Nakeda has 48 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1997.
- #35,515 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakeda ranks #35,515 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #35,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakeda's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakeda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nakeda's full recorded timeline at 1986, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nakeda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1997
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Nakeda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (23 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Nakeda's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nakeda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Nakeda's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 1990s (11) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakeda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1976–1997 (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 Nakeda 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.