Nickayla — girls' name
205 babies named Nickayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Nickayla was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Nickayla in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 205 babies named Nickayla between 1995 and 2019, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nickayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nickayla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickayla 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 205 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.
Nickayla at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1995
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
205 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 18 births in a single year.
Nickayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 95 births that decade — 46% of Nickayla's all-time total
Nickayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nickayla's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1995–2019 (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.