Recorded 1985–2019 Girls' name Peak 2004 234 births

Nakyia — girls' name

234 babies named Nakyia in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s342000s1442010s51
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Nakyia was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

22 babies were named Nakyia in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nakyia

The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Nakyia between 1985 and 2019, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakyia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nakyia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nakyia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakyia 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 234 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.

Nakyia at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

234

Since 1985

35 years of records

Peak year

2004

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1985

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nakyia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1985

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
22
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
0510152025 20192013201020072004200119981985 5

Nakyia by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
144 births that decade — 62% of Nakyia's all-time total
1980s51990s342000s1442010s51

Nakyia by state

Where Nakyia concentrates geographically — total births since 1985

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Nakyia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Ohio
5 2.1%
Ohio share of Nakyia's total US births 2.1%

5 of 234 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nakyia?
234 babies have been named Nakyia since 1985. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 22 births.
When was Nakyia most popular?
Nakyia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 144 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Nakyia most popular?
The top states for the name Nakyia are Ohio (5 births).
How long has the name Nakyia been used?
Nakyia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1985, spanning 35 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nakyia?
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, 1985–2019 (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.