Nakesha
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #12,187
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 87 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,050since 1971
Nakesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Nakesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 |
| 1979 | #1,410 | 87 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nakesha! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Nakesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1979 at #1,410 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,451 girls born in 1979 were named Nakesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 256,697 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 42.2% of all girls named Nakesha (443) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 396 | #1,410 (1979) | #3,087 |
| 1980s | 443 | #1,692 (1980) | #2,427 |
| 1990s | 191 | #3,436 (1990) | #5,613 |
| 2000s | 20 | #11,801 (2000) | #12,503 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nakesha in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 18,451 of them was named Nakesha, which outranked 88.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,394Sindy88
- #1,394Stephani88
- #1,394Tiffaney88
- #1,410Nakesha87
- #1,410Coral87
- #1,410Ethel87
- #1,410Ilana87
- #1,420Adela86
- #1,420Cecily86
- #1,420Chanelle86
Tied with 9 names at #1,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.