Girls' name · since 1979
Nicosha
58 babies named Nicosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicosha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 58 have been recorded since 1979.
Nicosha has 58 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1996.
- #33,323 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nicosha ranks #33,323 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nicosha's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Nicosha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nicosha splits its recorded history at 1994: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nicosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1996
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nicosha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (46 births, 79% of the file).
1990s was Nicosha's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Nicosha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 46 births (79% of all-time use).
Nicosha by state
Where Nicosha concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 8.6% |
5 of 58 births nationwide.
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- Georgia records the most Nicoshas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nicosha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1979–1996 (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 Nicosha 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.