Nekeisha — girls' name
269 babies named Nekeisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Nekeisha was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Nekeisha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nekeisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Nekeisha between 1973 and 2000, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nekeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nekeisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nekeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nekeisha 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 269 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.
Nekeisha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nekeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1973
- Peak year (1978)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
269 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 25 births in a single year.
Nekeisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 43% of Nekeisha's all-time total
Nekeisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nekeisha's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2000 (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.