Girls' name · since 1995
Nikera
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Nikera, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
52 girls have been named Nikera since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nikera has 52 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2003.
- #34,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikera ranks #34,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nikera's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikera's full recorded timeline at 1999, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2003
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Nikera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (33 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Nikera's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Nikera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 33 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Nikera's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2000s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1995–2003 (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 Nikera 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.