Nakia

Where Nakia comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nakia.

  • Vowel-ended
Nakia through the years
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #6,666 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Around this time: Nakia
    TV, 1974 · Source
  3. 1974
    Nakia Burrise born
    American actress
  4. 1974
    Peak, #226
    1,135 babies named Nakia, the most in any year.
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #414.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Nakia Burrise · American actress, born 1974

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