Nakema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakema

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Nakema between 1977 and 1992, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nakema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakema 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 75 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.