Nakida — girls' name
37 babies named Nakida in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Nakida was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nakida in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakida
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Nakida between 1974 and 1992, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakida performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakida 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 37 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.
Nakida at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1974
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
37 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Nakida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 21 births that decade — 57% of Nakida's all-time total
Nakida decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nakida's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1974–1992 (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.