Girls' name · since 1977
Nakishia
Nakishia has 38 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakishia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Nakishia recorded 38 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1984.
- #38,254 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakishia ranks #38,254 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nakishia's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nakishia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nakishia splits its recorded history at 1980: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nakishia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1984
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Nakishia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (20 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Nakishia's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Nakishia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nakishia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1977–1984 (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 Nakishia 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.