Girls' name · since 1999
Nykayla
88 babies named Nykayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nykayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 88 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Nykayla recorded 88 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2011.
- #28,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nykayla ranks #28,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nykayla's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nykayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nykayla splits its recorded history at 2005: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nykayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2011
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Nykayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (69 births, 78% of the file).
2000s was Nykayla's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Nykayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 69 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Nykayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- 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 Nykayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1999–2011 (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 Nykayla 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.