Nikiya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 587 babies named Nikiya between 1974 and 2021, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikiya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nikiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikiya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikiya 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 587 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.