Nikia
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799
- Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
- Given to girls 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 272 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,728since 1971
Nikia over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 73 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,939 | 71 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 94 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #1,763 | 83 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #1,855 | 76 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,769 | 82 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,446 | 95 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,240 | 114 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,113 | 132 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,178 | 120 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,080 | 129 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,030 | 136 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,107 | 127 | — | |
| 1981 | #822 | 192 | — | |
| 1980 | #862 | 178 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #821 | 192 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #705 | 224 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #755 | 202 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #762 | 189 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #593 | 272 | #1,042 | 63 |
| 1974 | #751 | 188 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Nikia! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015–2018, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nikia is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nikia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nikia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 5,329 spots in 1974
- Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1982
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1975 at #593 (272 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1974–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,360
- Highest: 1 in 5,360 girls born in 1975 were named Nikia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 35.1% of all girls named Nikia (1,307) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,288 | #593 (1975) | #2,750 |
| 1980s | 1,307 | #822 (1981) | #1,152 |
| 1990s | 776 | #1,608 (1994) | #1,897 |
| 2000s | 287 | #3,009 (2001) | #5,131 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,872 (2012) | #11,373 |
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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