Nikayla — #11388 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,213 babies named Nikayla between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikayla currently holds the #11388 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 562 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nikayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikayla in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikayla 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 1,213 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.