Girls' name · since 1975
Nickeya
55 babies named Nickeya in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nickeya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1975.
Nickeya has 55 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2001.
- #33,945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nickeya ranks #33,945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Nickeya's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nickeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nickeya's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nickeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2001
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nickeya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Nickeya's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Nickeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Nickeya's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2000s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nickeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1975–2001 (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 Nickeya 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.