Nikea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikea

The Social Security Administration has registered 328 babies named Nikea between 1975 and 2004, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nikea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nikea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikea 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 328 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.