Nakiya — #5643 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,782 babies named Nakiya between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakiya currently holds the #5643 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 911 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nakiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakiya in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakiya 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 1,782 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.