Girls' name · since 1975
Nakesia
30 babies named Nakesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nakesia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 1975.
Nakesia has 30 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1981.
- #41,023 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakesia ranks #41,023 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #41,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nakesia's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nakesia's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nakesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1981
- Peak year (1976)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Nakesia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Nakesia's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Nakesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Nakesia's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 1980s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1975–1981 (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 Nakesia 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.