Girls' name · since 1973
Nekeshia
Nekeshia has 125 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nekeshia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 125 have been recorded since 1973.
Nekeshia has 125 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1992.
- #24,684 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekeshia ranks #24,684 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nekeshia's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nekeshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nekeshia splits its recorded history at 1981: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nekeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1992
- Peak year (1977)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Nekeshia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (59 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Nekeshia's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Nekeshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
59 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 59 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Nekeshia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- 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 Nekeshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1973–1992 (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 Nekeshia 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.