Nikisha
Nikisha is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Nikisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nikisha is a name with a single cultural origin: African American.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Nikisha
American parents first put Nikisha on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 95 Nikishas were born — ranking #1,257 that year. About 46% of every Nikisha on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Nikisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nikisha
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About the name Nikisha
Nikisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Nikisha's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #1,257. Use the chart and map above to compare Nikisha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.