Nikisha
Nikisha 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
- 197795 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 1,165people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,165 girls have been named Nikisha in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 95 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 95 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 46%.
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Nikisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Nikisha
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
- Tamekapeak 1977
- Tanikapeak 1982
- Nakishapeak 1978
- Timekapeak 1978
- Lakishapeak 1977
- Tameikapeak 1977
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.