Nakishia — girls' name
38 babies named Nakishia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Nakishia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nakishia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakishia
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Nakishia between 1977 and 1984, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakishia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakishia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nakishia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakishia 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 38 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.
Nakishia at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakishia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1977
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
38 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 8 births in a single year.
Nakishia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 20 births that decade — 53% of Nakishia's all-time total
Nakishia decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nakishia's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1977–1984 (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.