Nikash — boys' name

What the Data Says About Nikash

The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Nikash between 2003 and 2022, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikash currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikash performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikash shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikash in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikash 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 115 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.