Girls' name · since 1973
Nekeisha
Nekeisha has 269 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nekeisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 269 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekeisha has been recorded 269 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2000.
- #16,894 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 269 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekeisha ranks #16,894 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 269 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nekeisha's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nekeisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nekeisha splits its recorded history at 1985: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nekeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2000
- Peak year (1978)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Nekeisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (117 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Nekeisha's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nekeisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
103 births
- 1980s
1980s
117 births
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 117 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Nekeisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Nekeisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1973–2000 (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 Nekeisha 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.