Nikesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 464 babies named Nikesha between 1971 and 1995, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikesha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikesha 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 464 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.