Nzingha — girls' name
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.
63% of everyone ever named Nzingha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Nzingha in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nzingha
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Nzingha between 1991 and 2013, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nzingha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nzingha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nzingha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nzingha 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 56 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.
Nzingha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nzingha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1991
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
56 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 9 births in a single year.
Nzingha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 63% of Nzingha's all-time total
Nzingha decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nzingha's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2013 (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.