Recorded 1974–1999 Girls' name Peak 1974 119 births

Nakkia — girls' name

119 babies named Nakkia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s551980s361990s28
1970s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Nakkia was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

13 babies were named Nakkia in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakkia

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Nakkia between 1974 and 1999, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakkia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakkia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakkia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakkia 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 119 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.

Nakkia at a glance

Last recorded 1999

Total births

119

Since 1974

26 years of records

Peak year

1974

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1999

Active since

1974

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 1999

Nakkia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1974

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1974)
13
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
468101214 199919931990198419821979197719751974 13

Nakkia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
55 births that decade — 46% of Nakkia's all-time total
1970s551980s361990s28

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakkia?
119 babies have been named Nakkia since 1974. It was last recorded in 1999. The peak year was 1974 with 13 births.
When was Nakkia most popular?
Nakkia was most popular in the 1970s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
How long has the name Nakkia been used?
Nakkia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 26 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Nakkia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nakia, Nakita, Nakisha, Nakayla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1974–1999 (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.