Nikki

Where Nikki comes from

20th-century fanciful respelling of Nicky.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nikki
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #3,664 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Nikki Sixx born
    American musician
  3. 1972
    Nikki Haley born
    American politician and diplomat
  4. 1972
    Peak, #173
    1,704 babies named Nikki — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #321.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Nicole, Nichole, Nicola, and Nichola, variant of Nicky.
Namesakes
  • Nikki Haley · American politician and diplomat, born 1972
  • Nikki Sixx · American musician, born 1958
  • Nikki Cox · American actress, born 1978
  • Nikki Giovanni · American poet, writer and activist, 1943–2024
  • Nikki Havenaar · Japanese association football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.