Recorded 1996–2013 Girls' name Peak 2001 21 births

Nikaila — girls' name

21 babies named Nikaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s62010s5
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Nikaila was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nikaila in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nikaila

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Nikaila between 1996 and 2013, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikaila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikaila performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikaila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikaila 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 21 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.

Nikaila at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

21

Since 1996

18 years of records

Peak year

2001

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1996

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2013

Nikaila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1996

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2001)
6
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
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Nikaila by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
10 births that decade — 48% of Nikaila's all-time total
1990s102000s62010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nikaila?
21 babies have been named Nikaila since 1996. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2001 with 6 births.
When was Nikaila most popular?
Nikaila was most popular in the 1990s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Nikaila been used?
Nikaila has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 18 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Nikaila?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nikki, Nikita, Niki, Nikole, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1996–2013 (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.