Girls' name · since 1991
Nzingha
56 babies named Nzingha in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
56 girls have been named Nzingha since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Nzingha recorded 56 times among girls since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2013.
- #33,744 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nzingha ranks #33,744 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Nzingha's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nzingha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nzingha splits its recorded history at 1996: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nzingha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2013
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nzingha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Nzingha's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Nzingha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Nzingha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Nzingha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1991–2013 (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 Nzingha 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.