The baby name Nakeisha is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced nuh-KEE-shuh.
Nakeisha is African American, English in Origin.
The baby name Nakeisha is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced nuh-KEE-shuh.
Nakeisha is African American, English in Origin.
Nakeisha is a modern African American English feminine name, first securely documented in U.S. naming records in the early 1970s. Its earliest recoverable form is Nakeisha itself, analyzable as the phonetic prefix Na- joined to Keisha. Keisha began appearing in the 1960s and is sometimes connected with Hebrew Keziah, from qetsi'ah, cassia bark, but for Nakeisha the prefix carries no independent lexical sense.
Usage belongs mainly to the late-20th-century American pattern of newly built Black given names using short prefixes and -isha or -eisha endings. Behind the Name records Nakeisha as African American (Modern), and SSA-derived counts place its U.S. debut in 1972, with a peak in 1978; 2020 Census tabulations reported most bearers as Black or African American. Variants include Nakisha, Nikeisha, Nikisha, Nakeesha, and Nekisha.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #242 | 18 | 7,507 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| United States | Girls | 2009 | #928 | 6 | 9,986 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
Nakeisha is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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