Nakesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,050 babies named Nakesha between 1971 and 2002, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 443 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakesha in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakesha 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 1,050 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.