Nakisha

Girl · recorded 1971–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nakisha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

06713319711981199220022012

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Nakisha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19717
197212
197320
197476
1975110
1976116
1977115
1978133
1979120
1980107
1981101
198287
198360
198456
198541
198633
198750
198839
198925
199023
199121
199222
199322
199417
199517
199610
199710
19987
19997
20007
20016
20027
20035
20047
20064
20083
20093
20103
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nakisha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#16,869
How rare
1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1971
2,459

Nakisha was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 133 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nakisha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.