Nykea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nykea

The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Nykea between 1977 and 1996, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nykea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nykea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nykea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nykea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nykea 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 44 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.