How Many People Are Named Nickayla?
An estimated 202 people in the United States have the first name Nickayla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Nickayla peaked in popularity in 2007 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nickayla 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 Nickayla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
202
About 1 in 1,696,804 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2007
18 births
Total Registered
205
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nickayla
Nickayla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 205 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nickayla as a female name
Ranked #15,081 in 2019
6 female births in 2019
Peak: 2007 (18 births)
Nickayla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nickayla span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 95 babies were registered. While Nickayla is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Nickayla by Decade
How has Nickayla 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.
Nickayla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nickayla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Nickayla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nickayla?
We estimate approximately 202 people named Nickayla 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 1,696,804 Americans share this first name.
Is Nickayla a common name?
Nickayla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 205 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nickayla most popular?
Nickayla reached peak popularity in 2007, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nickayla is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nickayla a female name?
Nickayla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nickayla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nickayla Smith, Nickayla Johnson, Nickayla 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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