Neketa — girls' name
35 babies named Neketa in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Neketa was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Neketa in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Neketa
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Neketa between 1974 and 1987, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Neketa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Neketa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Neketa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Neketa 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 35 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.
Neketa at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Neketa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1974
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
35 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 9 births in a single year.
Neketa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 22 births that decade — 63% of Neketa's all-time total
Neketa decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Neketa's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1974–1987 (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.