Nikayla
#6,176 most common girls' name of all time · #10,430 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1988–2025
Rank among girls
#6,176
Rank overall
#10,430 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,218
Since 2016
95
Peak year
1999 #2,254
Best rank
#2,243 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 67/yr
Nikayla first appears in 1988. 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 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,590 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,460 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,908 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,012 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,607 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,811 |
| 2019 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,895 |
| 2018 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,235 |
| 2017 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,517 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,799 |
| 2015 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,561 |
| 2014 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,909 |
| 2013 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,968 |
| 2012 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,052 |
| 2011 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,113 |
| 2010 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,552 |
| 2009 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,715 |
| 2008 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,107 |
| 2007 | 38 | — | 38 | #4,098 |
| 2006 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,934 |
| 2005 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,631 |
| 2004 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,703 |
| 2003 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,573 |
| 2002 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,812 |
| 2001 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,568 |
| 2000 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,254 |
| 1998 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,243 |
| 1997 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,554 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,143 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,975 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,986 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,290 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,177 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,539 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,691 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,687 |