Boys' name · since 1974
Nikesh
Nikesh has 129 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,767 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nikesh is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 129 have been recorded since 1974.
Nikesh has 129 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1974 to 2022.
- #15,767 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikesh ranks #15,767 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,767 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nikesh's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nikesh splits its recorded history at 1995: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nikesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2022
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Nikesh by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Nikesh's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Nikesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Nikesh's decade-level peak was the 1990s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1974–2022 (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 Nikesh 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.