Nikema — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikema

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Nikema between 1977 and 1986, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikema performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nikema shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nikema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikema 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 38 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.