Nekisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nekisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Nekisha between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nekisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nekisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nekisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Nekisha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nekisha 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 411 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.