Nakeia — girls' name
393 babies named Nakeia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Nakeia was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Nakeia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakeia
The Social Security Administration has registered 393 babies named Nakeia between 1974 and 2007, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakeia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakeia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakeia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nakeia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakeia 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 393 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.
Nakeia at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakeia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1974
- Peak year (1982)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
393 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 26 births in a single year.
Nakeia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 174 births that decade — 44% of Nakeia's all-time total
Nakeia decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nakeia's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Nakeia by state
Where Nakeia concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 2.5% |
10 of 393 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1974–2007 (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.