Nik
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 217since 1964
Nik over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nik has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
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| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
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| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
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| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
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| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
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| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five boys were named Nik! It came in at #4,039, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nik is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nik in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nik
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 2,635 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #9,714)
- 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1972 at #3,963 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 199,357
- Highest: 1 in 199,357 boys born in 2019 were named Nik (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,963 in 1972, was only 1 in 231,658 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 24.9% of all boys named Nik (54) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,039 (1964) | #4,039 |
| 1970s | 30 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,762 |
| 1980s | 33 | #5,468 (1981) | #6,289 |
| 1990s | 29 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,869 |
| 2000s | 54 | #7,640 (2005) | #8,844 |
| 2010s | 47 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,202 |
| 2020s | 19 | #9,714 (2025) | #10,609 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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