Nakiesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakiesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Nakiesha between 1974 and 1998, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakiesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakiesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakiesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakiesha 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 260 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.