How Many People Are Named Nakisha?
people named Nakisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 144,640 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,459 babies named Nakisha in Social Security records from 1971 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
203 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nakisha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nakisha alive today is about 43 years old, and 94% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nakisha first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1978, to 203 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Nakisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #760, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #760 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,134 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nakisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nakisha were born in New York than in any other state: about 130 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nakisha was given 3.3 times as often in North Carolina, 3 times in Louisiana and 2.6 times in Maryland.
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