Nikisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,165 babies named Nikisha between 1969 and 2012, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 536 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nikisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikisha in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikisha 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 1,165 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.