How Many People Are Named Nakyah?
An estimated 287 people in the United States have the first name Nakyah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Nakyah peaked in popularity in 2007 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nakyah 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 Nakyah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
287
About 1 in 1,194,266 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2007
27 births
Total Registered
291
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nakyah
Nakyah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 291 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nakyah as a female name
Ranked #17,007 in 2022
5 female births in 2022
Peak: 2007 (27 births)
Nakyah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nakyah span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 190 babies were registered. Nakyah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Nakyah by Decade
How has Nakyah 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.
Nakyah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nakyah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Nakyah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nakyah?
We estimate approximately 287 people named Nakyah 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 1,194,266 Americans share this first name.
Is Nakyah a common name?
Nakyah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 291 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nakyah most popular?
Nakyah reached peak popularity in 2007, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nakyah is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nakyah a female name?
Nakyah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nakyah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nakyah Smith, Nakyah Johnson, Nakyah 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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