Girls' name · since 1982
Nikkeya
16 babies named Nikkeya in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Nikkeya since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikkeya has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1984.
- #49,070 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikkeya ranks #49,070 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #49,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Nikkeya's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikkeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikkeya's full recorded timeline at 1983, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikkeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1984
- Peak year (1982)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Nikkeya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Nikkeya's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nikkeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikkeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1982–1984 (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 Nikkeya 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.