Nikeisha

Girls' name

Variant of Nakeisha

Nikeisha has been given to 235 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Nikeisha, 2001

1 in 748,000

Nikeisha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nikeisha: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Nakeisha

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nikeisha means

Nikeisha is a variant of Nakeisha.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nikeisha is used in African American (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /nə.ˈkiː.ʃə/ for Nikeisha.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nakeisha.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 235 girls were recorded with the name Nikeisha between 1973 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1979; its best national rank was #4,774 in 1979.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Nikeisha?

Nikeisha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2001, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2001: 1 in 748,000; 5 of 3,742,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 360,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2001: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,778 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nikeisha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2001 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,778 children born in 2001 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nikeisha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nikeishas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nikeisha was born before 1985 — so the typical Nikeisha is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 44.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 87.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 235; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 44.3% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Nikeisha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (15)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,774; 1979

Spellings of Nikeisha

Nikeisha is not the most common spelling — Keisha is, with 47.0% against Nikeisha's 0.50%.

Keisha47.0%22,293
Lakeisha27.1%12,850
Nakisha5.2%2,459
Niesha4.6%2,183
Nakeisha3.0%1,403
Nikisha2.5%1,165
Neisha2.4%1,118
Takeisha2.2%1,050

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nikeisha around the world

Where Nikeisha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2006
#4,157
in 2006
South Australia
1988–2011
#840
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nikeisha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,774; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 15 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2001
All-time count: 235
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nikeisha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nikiesha Nikesha Nikkisha Nikisha Nikeesha Nikolina Nikoletta Nikasha Nikeshia Areesha Malaysha Nikhita Divisha Nikiyah Nikitha Elaysha Zunaisha Nikoleta Jenisha Dalisha Nikayla Nikeria Nikiya Tanaisha

Sibling names for Nikeisha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bambi Shanika Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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