Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nakiya

#4,793 most common girls' name of all time · #8,130 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#4,793
Rank overall
#8,130 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,802
Since 2016
152
Peak year
2001 #1,308
Best rank
#1,308 2001
Girls Boys peak 147/yr
198020002020

Nakiya first appears in 1974. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 15 — 15 #7,243
2024 22 — 22 #5,664
2023 27 — 27 #4,921
2022 10 — 10 #9,882
2021 9 — 9 #10,513
2020 13 — 13 #8,115
2019 12 — 12 #8,756
2018 12 — 12 #8,793
2017 17 — 17 #6,890
2016 15 — 15 #7,737
2015 25 — 25 #5,364
2014 19 — 19 #6,550
2013 32 — 32 #4,474
2012 37 — 37 #4,073
2011 42 — 42 #3,690
2010 53 — 53 #3,143
2009 57 — 57 #3,015
2008 72 — 72 #2,600
2007 78 — 78 #2,427
2006 100 — 100 #1,999
2005 85 — 85 #2,170
2004 99 — 99 #1,903
2003 74 — 74 #2,295
2002 108 — 108 #1,703
2001 147 — 147 #1,308
2000 91 — 91 #1,880
1999 68 — 68 #2,213
1998 49 — 49 #2,747
1997 39 — 39 #3,084
1996 24 — 24 #4,398
1995 22 — 22 #4,615
1994 30 — 30 #3,671
1993 23 — 23 #4,481
1992 36 — 36 #3,194
1991 18 — 18 #5,327
1990 14 — 14 #6,346
1989 20 — 20 #4,640
1988 7 — 7 #9,844
1987 7 — 7 #9,372
1986 6 — 6 #10,311
1985 16 — 16 #4,820
1984 14 — 14 #5,170
1983 12 — 12 #5,766
1982 18 — 18 #4,331
1981 12 — 12 #5,823
1980 17 — 17 #4,502
1979 15 — 15 #4,823
1978 19 — 19 #3,914
1977 17 — 17 #4,221
1976 7 — 7 #8,018
1975 11 5 16 #5,504
1974 5 — 5 #10,101