Nykeria — girls' name
462 babies named Nykeria in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Nykeria was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Nykeria in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nykeria
The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Nykeria between 1994 and 2018, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nykeria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nykeria performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nykeria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Nykeria in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nykeria 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 462 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.
Nykeria at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nykeria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1994
- Peak year (2003)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
462 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 40 births in a single year.
Nykeria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 300 births that decade — 65% of Nykeria's all-time total
Nykeria decade highlights
- Peak decade 300 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nykeria's strongest decade
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Nykeria by state
Where Nykeria concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 110 | 23.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 55 | 11.9% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 29 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 28 | 6.1% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 11 | 2.4% |
110 of 462 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 23.8% of nationwide
- Florida 11.9% of nationwide
- Mississippi 6.3% of nationwide
- Alabama 6.1% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1994–2018 (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.