Nilka — girls' name
38 babies named Nilka in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Nilka was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nilka in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nilka
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Nilka between 1970 and 1989, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nilka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nilka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nilka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nilka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nilka 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 38 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.
Nilka at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nilka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
38 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 6 births in a single year.
Nilka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 23 births that decade — 61% of Nilka's all-time total
Nilka decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Nilka's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Nilka by state
Where Nilka concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 15.8% |
6 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–1989 (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.