Girls' name · since 2003
Nekiya
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Nekiya, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nekiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 2003.
Nekiya has 18 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2005.
- #47,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nekiya ranks #47,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nekiya's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nekiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nekiya's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nekiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2005
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Nekiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Nekiya's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nekiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nekiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2005 (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 Nekiya 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.