Nakeysha — girls' name
118 babies named Nakeysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nakeysha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nakeysha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakeysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Nakeysha between 1974 and 1996, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakeysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakeysha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakeysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakeysha 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 118 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.
Nakeysha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakeysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1974
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
118 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 15 births in a single year.
Nakeysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 56 births that decade — 47% of Nakeysha's all-time total
Nakeysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Nakeysha's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1974–1996 (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.