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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#9,68010
2021
2020#10,2509
2019#13,7996
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
1940#2,10915
1939#1,94717
1938#3,1818
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1935#4,2045
1934#3,8026
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1926#4,3066
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1923#4,3766
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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 1984

  • 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: #817 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,069 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedMINew York: #1,443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,395 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedINOhio: #879 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,529 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,518 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 19,260 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: #464 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,920 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: #388 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #496 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,527 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nicki, so not publishedLAMississippi: 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: #1,145 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,043 girlsTXFlorida: #1,151 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,334 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#388 · 1 in 2,555
  2. Missouri#464 · 1 in 3,920
  3. South Carolina#496 · 1 in 3,527
  4. Illinois#817 · 1 in 8,069
  5. Ohio#879 · 1 in 11,529

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#38851 in 2,555
Missouri#46481 in 3,920
South Carolina#49651 in 3,527
Illinois#81791 in 8,069
Ohio#87961 in 11,529
Texas#1,145101 in 13,043
Florida#1,15151 in 12,334
New York#1,44361 in 17,395
California#1,518101 in 19,260
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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 1984

girls
#1,157
117 births · 1 in 14,392 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,157Nicki117
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 14,392 of them was named Nicki, which outranked 90.5% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nicki
  1. #1,153Charisse118
  2. #1,153Danyell118
  3. #1,153Renita118
  4. #1,157Nicki117
  5. #1,157Anabel117
  6. #1,157Claribel117
  7. #1,157Delores117
  8. #1,167Sunny116
  9. #1,168Elvira115
  10. #1,168Kaycee115

Tied with 9 names at #1,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984