Girls' name · since 1979
Nickesha
Nickesha has 23 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Nickesha since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickesha has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1991.
- #44,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickesha ranks #44,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nickesha's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nickesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nickesha's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nickesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1991
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Nickesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Nickesha's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nickesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nickesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1979–1991 (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 Nickesha 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.