How Many People Are Named Nakira?
An estimated 410 people in the United States have the first name Nakira. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Nakira peaked in popularity in 2005 with 32 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nakira as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nakira paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
410
About 1 in 835,986 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2005
32 births
Total Registered
418
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nakira
Nakira is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 418 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nakira as a female name
Ranked #11,105 in 2019
9 female births in 2019
Peak: 2005 (32 births)
Nakira: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nakira span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 217 babies were registered. While Nakira is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nakira by Decade
How has Nakira tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nakira by State
Nakira + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nakira as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nakira
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nakira: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nakira?
We estimate approximately 410 people named Nakira are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 835,986 Americans share this first name.
Is Nakira a common name?
Nakira is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 418 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nakira most popular?
Nakira reached peak popularity in 2005, when 32 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nakira is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nakira a female name?
Nakira is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nakira Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nakira Smith, Nakira Johnson, Nakira Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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