Girls' name · since 1996
Nikyla
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 150 babies named Nikyla, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikyla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 150 have been recorded since 1996.
Nikyla has 150 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2023.
- #22,782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nikyla ranks #22,782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nikyla's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nikyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nikyla's full recorded timeline at 2006, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nikyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Nikyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (98 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Nikyla's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Nikyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 98 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Nikyla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nikyla: 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 (~27 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, 1996–2023 (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 Nikyla 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.