Nika

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Peak · girls
#2,357
2017 · 77 births
Debut · girls
1961
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,497
since 1961

Nika over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nika has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,357, 2017girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,16750—
2024#3,08152—
2023#2,78961—
2022#2,82160—
2021#2,60866—
2020#2,74860—
2019#2,37675—
2018#2,81060—
2017#2,35777—
2016#2,61767—
2015#2,61968—
2014#2,44274—
2013#2,56869—
2012#3,04055—
2011#2,90959—
2010#2,58970—
2009#2,53174—
2008#2,85562—
2007#2,93061—
2006#3,79540—
2005#2,96954—
2004#3,49042—
2003#3,13147#10,8945
2002#3,52338—
2001#5,36421—
2000#3,45338—
1999#3,14841—
1998#3,73031—
1997#2,82043—
1996#2,67246—
1995#2,65046—
1994#2,41253—
1993#2,76843—
1992#3,21835—
1991#2,42052—
1990#2,40251—
1989#2,52745—
1988#2,41945—
1987#2,65737—
1986#3,05430—
1985#3,98320—
1984#3,42324—
1983#2,97528—
1982#4,52716—
1981#3,53223—
1980#3,13427—
1979#3,77720—
1978#3,77719—
1977#2,71530—
1976#2,60230—
1975#2,96924—
1974#3,31320—
1973#3,34219—
1972#4,09114—
1971#3,37319—
1970#3,43518—
1969#3,77414—
1968#5,1478—
1967#6,8045—
1966#4,19810—
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Nika! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1962–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Nika is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,948 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,172 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Nika, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
  2. California#1,948 · 1 in 16,172

Best ever in a state: #766 in Washington, 2014.

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Illinois#1,40551 in 8,866
California#1,948101 in 16,172
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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 Nika
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#3,081 → #3,167)
  • 419 spots since 2020 (#2,748 → #3,167)
  • 548 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #3,167)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 2017 at #2,357 (77 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,378
  • Highest: 1 in 22,378 girls born in 2019 were named Nika (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,357 in 2017, was only 1 in 22,422 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 27.0% of all girls named Nika (674) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s48#3,774 (1969)#5,424
1970s213#2,602 (1976)#3,339
1980s295#2,419 (1988)#3,223
1990s441#2,402 (1990)#2,824
2000s477#2,531 (2009)#3,404
2010s674#2,357 (2017)#2,633
2020s349#2,608 (2021)#2,869

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.

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