How rare is the name Nakia?

8,260 people in the United States have the first name Nakia, about 1 in 36,566. It ranks #2,803 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NAKIA

#2,803

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,260
About
1 in 36,566
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,260 people named Nakia, 81.1% reported their origin as Black, 8.5% as White and 5% as two or more races. 83.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nakia peaked in 1974, when 1,748 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19732025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
1,748
In 2025*
8 ▼100%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 10,744 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nakia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #770. The largest share of babies named Nakia, 48.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1970s#7704,934
1980s#1,3282,274
1990s#1,6902,020
2000s#3,0741,120
2010s#8,249287
2020s#10,970109
Generation X 1965–8048.5%
Millennials 1981–9631.6%
Generation Z 1997–1217.4%
2013 and later2.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nakia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nakia has been most common in District of Columbia (5.8×), Maryland (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.4×), and least common in Washington (0.24×).

8,219 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Nakia

#2,801 Mohamad · 8,266#2,802 Heidy · 8,261#2,804 Sana · 8,257#2,805 Jamey · 8,254

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nakia, most common first.

#8,782 Nazia · 1,632#10,280 Nakiya · 1,305#14,395 Najia · 819#19,762 Nakoa · 531#20,005 Nakya · 521#20,789 Nasia · 494#20,986 Nakiah · 488#27,915 Nakeia · 325

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