Nakisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,459 babies named Nakisha between 1971 and 2012, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 203 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,074 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nakisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakisha in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakisha 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 2,459 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.