Nakyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Nakyah between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakyah 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 291 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.