Nakeshia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakeshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Nakeshia between 1974 and 1995, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakeshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakeshia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakeshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakeshia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakeshia 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 450 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.