Recorded 1995–2018 Girls' name Peak 2005 133 births

Nikyah — girls' name

133 babies named Nikyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s872010s34
2000s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Nikyah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

13 babies were named Nikyah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nikyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Nikyah between 1995 and 2018, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikyah 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 133 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.

Nikyah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

133

Since 1995

24 years of records

Peak year

2005

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1995

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2018

Nikyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1995

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2005)
13
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
468101214 201820122010200720052003200119981995 6

Nikyah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
87 births that decade — 65% of Nikyah's all-time total
1990s122000s872010s34

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nikyah?
133 babies have been named Nikyah since 1995. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2005 with 13 births.
When was Nikyah most popular?
Nikyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 87 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Nikyah been used?
Nikyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 24 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Nikyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nikki, Nikita, Niki, Nikole, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.