Nykesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nykesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Nykesha between 1975 and 1999, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nykesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nykesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nykesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Connecticut, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nykesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nykesha 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 51 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.