Nakeyah — girls' name
22 babies named Nakeyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
77% of everyone ever named Nakeyah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nakeyah in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakeyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Nakeyah between 1994 and 2004, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakeyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakeyah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nakeyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakeyah 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 22 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.
Nakeyah at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakeyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1994
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
22 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Nakeyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Nakeyah's all-time total
Nakeyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nakeyah's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% 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, 1994–2004 (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.