Girls' name · since 1986
Nikira
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 105 babies named Nikira, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 105 recorded since 1986.
Nikira has 105 recorded births among girls since 1986, 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 1986 to 2014.
- #26,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikira ranks #26,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikira's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nikira splits its recorded history at 2003: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nikira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2014
- Peak year (1995)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Nikira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (53 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Nikira's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Nikira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 53 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Nikira's decade-level peak was the 2000s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Nikira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1986–2014 (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 Nikira 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.