Nakisha
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 203 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,459since 1971
Nakisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Nakisha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,442 | 47 |
| 1988 | #1,802 | 69 |
| 1987 | #1,486 | 87 |
| 1986 | #1,932 | 57 |
| 1985 | #1,666 | 70 |
| 1984 | #1,307 | 94 |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 |
| 1982 | #1,005 | 147 |
| 1981 | #891 | 169 |
| 1980 | #862 | 178 |
| 1979 | #818 | 193 |
| 1978 | #757 | 203 |
| 1977 | #842 | 177 |
| 1976 | #818 | 170 |
| 1975 | #833 | 161 |
| 1974 | #1,054 | 112 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nakisha! It came in at #4,810, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nakisha is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#198 · 1 in 790
- North Carolina#307 · 1 in 2,023
- Louisiana#348 · 1 in 1,966
- Florida#351 · 1 in 2,201
- Maryland#361 · 1 in 2,282
Best ever in a state: #198 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #198 | 7 | 1 in 790 |
| North Carolina | #307 | 16 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 14 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Florida | #351 | 20 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Maryland | #361 | 8 | 1 in 2,282 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 8 | 1 in 2,132 |
| Virginia | #413 | 9 | 1 in 3,093 |
| Georgia | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,583 |
| Michigan | #697 | 8 | 1 in 7,194 |
| Illinois | #723 | 11 | 1 in 6,446 |
| Pennsylvania | #737 | 8 | 1 in 8,250 |
| Ohio | #748 | 8 | 1 in 8,619 |
| New Jersey | #803 | 5 | 1 in 7,254 |
| New York | #806 | 14 | 1 in 7,023 |
| Texas | #978 | 11 | 1 in 9,399 |
| California | #1,211 | 12 | 1 in 12,777 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nakisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1975 (#1,054 → #833)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1982 (#891 → #1,005)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1978 at #757 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1975–1981
- Highest: 1 in 7,546 girls born in 1978 were named Nakisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 43.7% of all girls named Nakisha (1,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,074 | #757 (1978) | #1,760 |
| 1980s | 1,018 | #862 (1980) | #1,465 |
| 1990s | 282 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,462 |
| 2000s | 75 | #7,580 (2000) | #11,274 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,931 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nakisha in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,546 of them was named Nakisha, which outranked 93.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #754Jeana204
- #754Rashida204
- #754Stacia204
- #757Nakisha203
- #757Alysia203
- #757Eliza203
- #757Eugenia203
- #762Brianne202
- #762Christel202
- #762Georgina202
Tied with 4 names at #757; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.