girls:
1.8k births since 1974
#4014 (30th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1975
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1974
#5986 (23rd percentile)
The name Nakiya is the #5,986 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,765 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,014 (29.8% percentile) for all time with 1,760 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1975.
Nakiya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1975 for boys).
The name Nakiya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nakiya reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 15.8% percentile (ranked #756) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 74 births per million (ranked 15.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Nakiya ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 20.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nakiya reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #660) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nakiya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nakiya", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 26 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nakia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nakia..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Nakiya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.7% confident that Nakiya is pronounced as nuh-KEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nah-KEE-yuh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like N AH0 K IY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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