Girls' name · since 1995
Nikyah
Nikyah has 133 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 133 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikyah has been recorded 133 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2018.
- #24,053 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 133 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikyah ranks #24,053 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 133 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikyah's 133 recorded births place it above 66.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikyah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2018
- Peak year (2005)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Nikyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Nikyah's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Nikyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Nikyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1995–2018 (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 Nikyah 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.