Girls' name · since 1977
Nikeeta
29 babies named Nikeeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nikeeta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1977.
Nikeeta has 29 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1987.
- #41,439 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikeeta ranks #41,439 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nikeeta's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikeeta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikeeta's full recorded timeline at 1986, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikeeta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1987
- Peak year (1986)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Nikeeta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Nikeeta's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Nikeeta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nikeeta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1977–1987 (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 Nikeeta 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.