Nakia*
#1,550 most common girls' name of all time · #2,680 across all names · 19% male / 81% female · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,550
Rank overall
#2,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
10,744
Since 2016
194
Peak year
1974 #226
Best rank
#226 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 1,748/yr
Nakia first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,193 |
| 2024 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,710 |
| 2023 | 25 | 8 | 33 | #5,171 |
| 2022 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,546 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #8,631 |
| 2020 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,423 |
| 2019 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2018 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,805 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,032 |
| 2016 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,053 |
| 2015 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #7,373 |
| 2014 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,548 |
| 2013 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #5,214 |
| 2012 | 28 | 7 | 35 | #5,031 |
| 2011 | 41 | 8 | 49 | #3,754 |
| 2010 | 35 | 5 | 40 | #4,225 |
| 2009 | 49 | 6 | 55 | #3,377 |
| 2008 | 80 | 11 | 91 | #2,409 |
| 2007 | 62 | 14 | 76 | #2,909 |
| 2006 | 81 | 15 | 96 | #2,339 |
| 2005 | 86 | 15 | 101 | #2,151 |
| 2004 | 108 | 21 | 129 | #1,772 |
| 2003 | 93 | 24 | 117 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 119 | 19 | 138 | #1,570 |
| 2001 | 137 | 24 | 161 | #1,391 |
| 2000 | 127 | 29 | 156 | #1,453 |
| 1999 | 166 | 34 | 200 | #1,173 |
| 1998 | 179 | 32 | 211 | #1,085 |
| 1997 | 181 | 29 | 210 | #1,057 |
| 1996 | 164 | 34 | 198 | #1,109 |
| 1995 | 159 | 40 | 199 | #1,117 |
| 1994 | 186 | 36 | 222 | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 201 | 20 | 221 | #942 |
| 1992 | 209 | 22 | 231 | #932 |
| 1991 | 154 | 20 | 174 | #1,153 |
| 1990 | 143 | 11 | 154 | #1,197 |
| 1989 | 143 | 12 | 155 | #1,155 |
| 1988 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,207 |
| 1987 | 188 | 7 | 195 | #896 |
| 1986 | 191 | 8 | 199 | #872 |
| 1985 | 279 | 11 | 290 | #656 |
| 1984 | 269 | 15 | 284 | #649 |
| 1983 | 218 | 16 | 234 | #750 |
| 1982 | 232 | 15 | 247 | #734 |
| 1981 | 254 | 13 | 267 | #687 |
| 1980 | 259 | 19 | 278 | #675 |
| 1979 | 270 | 31 | 301 | #646 |
| 1978 | 313 | 46 | 359 | #561 |
| 1977 | 364 | 69 | 433 | #512 |
| 1976 | 490 | 110 | 600 | #414 |
| 1975 | 972 | 514 | 1,486 | #251 |
| 1974 | 1,135 | 613 | 1,748 | #226 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,406 |