Nekesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nekesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Nekesha between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nekesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nekesha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nekesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nekesha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nekesha 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 280 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.