Naketa — girls' name
259 babies named Naketa in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Naketa was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Naketa in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naketa
The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Naketa between 1972 and 1995, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naketa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naketa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Naketa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naketa 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 259 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.
Naketa at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1972
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
259 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 21 births in a single year.
Naketa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 126 births that decade — 49% of Naketa's all-time total
Naketa decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Naketa's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–1995 (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.