Feminine dossier · first seen 1988

Nikayla

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nikayla
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1999

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1988Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

88.1%

2024

All-time

1,213

Nikayla is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 67 girls were named Nikayla.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 88.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,213 Americans have been named Nikayla and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1988.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1999

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