Nakia
Nakia was the 11617th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 226th with 1,135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,113 places. More babies were named Nakia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,617 girls, down 5,067 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- 85% girls, 15% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19741,135 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,744babies recorded
Nakia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,617 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | #6,550 | — | 18 | — |
| 2010 | #4,276 | #13,653 | 35 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,452 | #3,050 | 127 | 29 |
| 1990 | #1,196 | #4,895 | 143 | 11 |
| 1980 | #675 | #2,590 | 259 | 19 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Nakia, counting every spelling?
Nakia is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakia | 8 | #11,617 | 77 |
| Nakiah | — | — | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nakia?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nakia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nakia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nakia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nakia?
About 8,400 people born in the US named Nakia are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 31 and 50. That makes Nakia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nakia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nakia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nakia
How popular is the name Nakia?
Nakia was the 11617th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 226th with 1,135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,113 places. More babies were named Nakia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Nakia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 85% girls, 15% boys given the name Nakia in the US.