Girls' name · since 1973
Nakeesha
Nakeesha has 193 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
193 girls have been named Nakeesha since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nakeesha has 193 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 2005.
- #20,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakeesha ranks #20,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,197 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakeesha's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakeesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nakeesha's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nakeesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2005
- Peak year (1978)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Nakeesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (81 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Nakeesha's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Nakeesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
81 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 81 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Nakeesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakeesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1973–2005 (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 Nakeesha 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.