Girls' name · since 1983
Nakieta
17 babies named Nakieta in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Nakieta since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakieta has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1989.
- #48,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakieta ranks #48,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #48,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakieta's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakieta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nakieta splits its recorded history at 1985: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nakieta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1989
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Nakieta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Nakieta's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nakieta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nakieta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nakieta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.