Nicki
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #9,680 · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 95.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 190 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,083since 1923
Nicki over time
Rank among girls' names. Nicki has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,092 | 64 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,479 | 98 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,477 | 92 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,329 | 103 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,141 | 126 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,000 | 143 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,099 | 128 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,036 | 138 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #990 | 149 | — | |
| 1979 | #959 | 151 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #1,115 | 117 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #1,118 | 114 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #1,098 | 110 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #959 | 130 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #889 | 144 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #790 | 167 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #734 | 190 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,133 | 103 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #1,069 | 114 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,031 | 101 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #1,028 | 100 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,081 | 94 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #1,112 | 97 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,150 | 90 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #1,110 | 96 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #973 | 113 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #951 | 112 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #961 | 106 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #865 | 121 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #940 | 101 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #874 | 111 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #863 | 108 | — | |
| 1950 | #866 | 105 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #845 | 107 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #810 | 116 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #850 | 78 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nicki! It came in at #4,376, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nicki is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#398 · 1 in 2,516
- Oklahoma#440 · 1 in 2,834
- Indiana#538 · 1 in 4,971
- North Carolina#623 · 1 in 5,395
- Texas#727 · 1 in 5,744
Best ever in a state: #224 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Oklahoma | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,834 |
| Indiana | #538 | 7 | 1 in 4,971 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 5,395 |
| Texas | #727 | 18 | 1 in 5,744 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
| Pennsylvania | #998 | 5 | 1 in 13,201 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nicki
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1972 (#1,133 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1959 (#973 → #1,230)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1972 at #734 (190 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1945–1956
- Highest: 1 in 8,007 girls born in 1972 were named Nicki (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 164,013 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Nicki (1,340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #4,306 (1926) | #4,341 |
| 1930s | 36 | #1,947 (1939) | #3,284 |
| 1940s | 660 | #810 (1947) | #1,191 |
| 1950s | 1,060 | #863 (1951) | #953 |
| 1960s | 975 | #975 (1969) | #1,090 |
| 1970s | 1,340 | #734 (1972) | #986 |
| 1980s | 1,223 | #990 (1980) | #1,183 |
| 1990s | 481 | #2,092 (1991) | #2,768 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,744 (2004) | #7,813 |
| 2010s | 127 | #5,895 (2012) | #10,068 |
| 2020s | 19 | #9,680 (2022) | #9,965 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nicki in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 13,093 of them was named Nicki, which outranked 90.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 205,230 of them was named Nicki, which outranked 38.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,857Zebediah9
- #3,857Zion9
- #3,857Zoltan9
- #4,157Nicki8
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
- #4,554Abasi7
- #4,554Abdallah7
- #4,554Absalom7
Tied with 396 names at #4,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.