Girls' name · since 1978
Nikiah
Nikiah has 170 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
170 girls have been named Nikiah since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nikiah has 170 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2014.
- #21,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikiah ranks #21,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikiah's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nikiah's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nikiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2014
- Peak year (2002)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Nikiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (76 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Nikiah's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Nikiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 76 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Nikiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- 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 Nikiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1978–2014 (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 Nikiah 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.