Nicki

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #9,680 · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 95.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1972 · 190 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,083
since 1923

Nicki over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nicki has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #734, 1972girls
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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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2018#15,6825—
2017#15,9025—
2016#10,11310—
2015#8,00814—
2014#7,63615—
2013#6,25520—
2012#5,89522—
2011#6,14821—
2010#11,2469—
2009#10,67910—
2008#7,74216—
2007#9,53912—
2006#8,71513—
2005#10,12810—
2004#5,74421#11,3565
2003#6,57617—
2002#6,69816—
2001#5,82219—
2000#6,48716—
1999#4,87022—
1998#3,49734—
1997#2,77644—
1996#2,51050—
1995#2,45652#5,9289
1994#2,50350#8,8005
1993#2,35154—
1992#2,38654—
1991#2,09264—
1990#2,23457—
1989#1,47998—
1988#1,47792—
1987#1,329103#5,4597
1986#1,141126#5,9266
1985#1,118129#6,5235
1984#1,157117—
1983#1,000143—
1982#1,099128—
1981#1,036138#6,2625
1980#990149—
1979#959151#4,8427
1978#1,115117#4,1578
1977#1,118114#3,38611
1976#1,098110#2,94613
1975#959130#4,3097
1974#889144#4,6346
1973#790167#4,0547
1972#734190—
1971#1,133103#3,9637
1970#1,069114#3,5218
1969#975121—
1968#1,031101#2,73510
1967#1,028100#2,7609
1966#1,08194#3,2497
1965#1,26372#2,61710
1964#1,11297—
1963#1,15090#2,67310
1962#1,11096#3,3057
1961#1,049109#3,3567
1960#1,10395#3,0778
1959#1,23075#3,2907
1958#973113—
1957#1,002108#2,19014
1956#951112#2,7989
1955#961106#3,8865
1954#865121#3,1767
1953#940101#3,4256
1952#874111#3,3736
1951#863108—
1950#866105#3,3296
1949#94888#3,6905
1948#845107#3,0107
1947#810116#2,8628
1946#83398#2,9197
1945#85078—
1944#1,09051#2,6338
1943#1,15449#3,2316
1942#1,24941#2,9407
1941#2,01817#3,5055
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Nicki! It came in at #4,376, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Nicki is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMNIllinois: #870 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,588 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedWIMichigan: #785 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,610 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedIAIndiana: #695 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,399 girlsINOhio: #939 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,219 girlsOHPennsylvania: #743 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,620 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,474 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 17,370 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNEMissouri: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,774 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #375 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,413 girlsOKLouisiana: #519 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,412 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedHITexas: #1,194 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 13,320 girlsTXFlorida: #840 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,373 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#375 · 1 in 2,413
  2. Louisiana#519 · 1 in 3,412
  3. Missouri#527 · 1 in 4,774
  4. Indiana#695 · 1 in 7,399
  5. Pennsylvania#743 · 1 in 8,620

Best ever in a state: #224 in Idaho, 1972.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#37581 in 2,413
Louisiana#51991 in 3,412
Missouri#52771 in 4,774
Indiana#69551 in 7,399
Pennsylvania#74381 in 8,620
Michigan#78571 in 8,610
Florida#84071 in 7,373
Illinois#87091 in 8,588
Ohio#93961 in 12,219
Texas#1,19491 in 13,320
California#1,474101 in 17,370
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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 Nicki
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1972 (#1,133 → #734)
  • Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1959 (#973 → #1,230)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1972 at #734 (190 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1945–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,007
  • Highest: 1 in 8,007 girls born in 1972 were named Nicki (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 164,013 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Nicki (1,340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#4,306 (1926)#4,341
1930s36#1,947 (1939)#3,284
1940s660#810 (1947)#1,191
1950s1,060#863 (1951)#953
1960s975#975 (1969)#1,090
1970s1,340#734 (1972)#986
1980s1,223#990 (1980)#1,183
1990s481#2,092 (1991)#2,768
2000s150#5,744 (2004)#7,813
2010s127#5,895 (2012)#10,068
2020s19#9,680 (2022)#9,965

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.

Nicki in 1980

girls
#990
149 births · 1 in 11,143 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #990Nicki149
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 11,143 of them was named Nicki, which outranked 91.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nicki
  1. #986Krissy150
  2. #986Lila150
  3. #986Lola150
  4. #990Nicki149
  5. #990Kylene149
  6. #990Linsey149
  7. #990Malia149
  8. #994Thelma148
  9. #995Chantelle147
  10. #995Julianna147

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →