Girls' name · since 1974
Nykia
Nykia has 993 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,553 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 993
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nykia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 993 have been recorded since 1974.
Nykia has 993 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2019.
- #7,553 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 993 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nykia ranks #7,553 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 993 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,553 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 993
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nykia's 993 recorded births place it above 89.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Nykia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nykia's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 73, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nykia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2019
- Peak year (1994)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Nykia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (369 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Nykia's strongest decade.
369 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nykia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
191 births
- 1990s
1990s
369 births
- 2000s
2000s
271 births
- 2010s 74
2010s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 369 births (37% of all-time use).
How Nykia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nykia's total volume
Nykia by state
Where Nykia concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 3.4% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 23 | 2.3% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 23 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | California | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
34 of 993 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Nykia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (369 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nykias (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nykia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1974–2019 (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 Nykia 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.