Girls' name · since 1995
Nekayla
91 babies named Nekayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nekayla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekayla has been recorded 91 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2024.
- #28,206 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekayla ranks #28,206 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nekayla's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nekayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nekayla's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nekayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Nekayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Nekayla's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Nekayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Nekayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nekayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1995–2024 (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 Nekayla 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.