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Nakesha

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Nakesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
197987 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
1,050people given the name
Babies named Nakesha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,050 girls have been named Nakesha in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 87 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 87 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 42%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Nakesha
1970s396
1980s443
1990s191
2000s20

In 1979, its biggest year

Nakesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.

Names that rose and fell with Nakesha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.