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 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
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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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#337 · 1 in 2,688
- Kentucky#447 · 1 in 3,959
- Louisiana#683 · 1 in 5,280
- Illinois#910 · 1 in 9,303
- Ohio#914 · 1 in 11,912
Best ever in a state: #224 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #337 | 7 | 1 in 2,688 |
| Kentucky | #447 | 6 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Louisiana | #683 | 6 | 1 in 5,280 |
| Illinois | #910 | 8 | 1 in 9,303 |
| Ohio | #914 | 6 | 1 in 11,912 |
| Michigan | #931 | 5 | 1 in 11,522 |
| Texas | #980 | 13 | 1 in 9,994 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 5 | 1 in 13,980 |
| New York | #1,620 | 5 | 1 in 20,549 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 13,229 of them was named Nicki, which outranked 91.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,093Louisa129
- #1,093Nereida129
- #1,093Stevie129
- #1,099Nicki128
- #1,099Katheryn128
- #1,099Kera128
- #1,099Lashunda128
- #1,107Bettina127
- #1,107Faye127
- #1,107Ivette127
Tied with 7 names at #1,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.