Nikki
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 97.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 1,704 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,109since 1925
Nikki over time
Rank among girls' names. Nikki has never cracked the top 100 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 | #3,459 | 44 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,792 | 61 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,586 | 67 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,275 | 80 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,876 | 108 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,129 | 91 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,534 | 142 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,744 | 118 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #1,674 | 127 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #1,446 | 156 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,372 | 169 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #1,334 | 180 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #1,299 | 191 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,059 | 247 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,008 | 255 | — | |
| 2005 | #969 | 253 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #861 | 285 | — | |
| 2003 | #810 | 304 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #740 | 328 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #722 | 337 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #584 | 443 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #599 | 407 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #482 | 530 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #449 | 564 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #385 | 691 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #381 | 692 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #322 | 842 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #280 | 997 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #310 | 892 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #321 | 838 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #282 | 985 | #1,909 | 40 |
| 1989 | #267 | 1,003 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #252 | 1,023 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #242 | 1,072 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #256 | 1,007 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #218 | 1,195 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #249 | 1,002 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #250 | 945 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #236 | 1,073 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #240 | 1,037 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #247 | 1,045 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #237 | 1,085 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #226 | 1,095 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #263 | 948 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #235 | 1,009 | #1,677 | 31 |
| 1975 | #222 | 1,103 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #230 | 1,108 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #199 | 1,290 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #173 | 1,704 | #1,508 | 32 |
| 1971 | #306 | 877 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #369 | 657 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #435 | 493 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #481 | 399 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #464 | 418 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #555 | 291 | — | |
| 1965 | #644 | 232 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #614 | 266 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #599 | 276 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #644 | 246 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #581 | 299 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #724 | 195 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #735 | 190 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #701 | 197 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #708 | 196 | — | |
| 1956 | #733 | 173 | — | |
| 1955 | #667 | 196 | — | |
| 1954 | #576 | 244 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #566 | 240 | — | |
| 1952 | #543 | 250 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #528 | 249 | — | |
| 1950 | #527 | 244 | — | |
| 1949 | #515 | 251 | — | |
| 1948 | #517 | 253 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #547 | 238 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #578 | 193 | — | |
| 1945 | #621 | 137 | — | |
| 1944 | #580 | 161 | — | |
| 1943 | #543 | 190 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #829 | 85 | — | |
| 1941 | #887 | 68 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,179 | 38 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
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| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nikki! It came in at #3,664, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1932, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nikki is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#694 · 1 in 3,489
- Arizona#712 · 1 in 3,523
- California#959 · 1 in 5,990
- Texas#1,349 · 1 in 9,265
- New York#1,481 · 1 in 10,272
Best ever in a state: #64 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #694 | 9 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Arizona | #712 | 9 | 1 in 3,523 |
| California | #959 | 35 | 1 in 5,990 |
| Texas | #1,349 | 18 | 1 in 9,265 |
| New York | #1,481 | 9 | 1 in 10,272 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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 Nikki
- 64 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #3,459)
- 800 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #3,459)
- 1,859 spots since 2015 (#1,600 → #3,459)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1943 (#829 → #543)
- Biggest drop: 138 spots in 2001 (#584 → #722)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1972 at #173 (1,704 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1941–2005
- Highest: 1 in 893 girls born in 1972 were named Nikki (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.1% of all girls named Nikki (10,876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 35 | #3,394 (1929) | #3,927 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,179 (1939) | #2,929 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #515 (1949) | #675 |
| 1950s | 2,179 | #527 (1950) | #628 |
| 1960s | 3,115 | #435 (1969) | #574 |
| 1970s | 10,876 | #173 (1972) | #246 |
| 1980s | 10,402 | #218 (1985) | #246 |
| 1990s | 7,438 | #280 (1993) | #381 |
| 2000s | 2,823 | #584 (2000) | #939 |
| 2010s | 1,199 | #1,372 (2010) | #1,805 |
| 2020s | 335 | #2,586 (2021) | #2,990 |
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.
Nikki in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 12,580 of them was named Nikki, which outranked 92.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,526Layna143
- #1,526Marceline143
- #1,526Maryann143
- #1,534Nikki142
- #1,534Andie142
- #1,534Ariela142
- #1,534Beverly142
- #1,547Avani141
- #1,547Harlie141
- #1,547Kamora141
Tied with 12 names at #1,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.