Nakisha
Nakisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 761st, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1978203 births
- Best rank
- #761in 1978
- Since 1971
- 2,459people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,459 girls have been named Nakisha in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 203 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 203 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 44%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Nakisha was the 761st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Nakisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakeshapeak 1978
- Tamekiapeak 1979
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Seasonpeak 1979
- Lakishapeak 1977
- Takishapeak 1977
- Mandipeak 1977
- Tanikapeak 1982
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.