Niki
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
Given to girls 96.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 248 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,048since 1932
Niki over time
Rank among girls' names. Niki has never cracked the top 600 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,564 | 44 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,447 | 65 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,884 | 78 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,625 | 94 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,294 | 129 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #1,199 | 147 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #908 | 212 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #1,565 | 99 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,584 | 96 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,493 | 104 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,173 | 130 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 133 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #973 | 162 | — | |
| 1985 | #884 | 181 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,007 | 142 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,060 | 131 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #865 | 178 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #809 | 197 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #824 | 190 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #846 | 184 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #705 | 224 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #835 | 179 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #709 | 206 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #815 | 168 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #732 | 194 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #655 | 227 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #626 | 248 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #935 | 138 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #953 | 133 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #1,019 | 114 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #1,068 | 95 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,580 | 50 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,542 | 48 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,238 | 72 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,470 | 52 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,050 | 85 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,031 | 81 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Niki! It came in at #3,568, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Niki is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#403 · 1 in 4,121
- California#747 · 1 in 11,354
- Illinois#801 · 1 in 17,394
- Texas#819 · 1 in 11,963
Best ever in a state: #218 in Idaho, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #403 | 6 | 1 in 4,121 |
| California | #747 | 10 | 1 in 11,354 |
| Illinois | #801 | 5 | 1 in 17,394 |
| Texas | #819 | 8 | 1 in 11,963 |
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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 Niki
- 1,671 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #7,885)
- 3,205 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #7,885)
- 1,849 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 657 spots in 1993 (#1,565 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1994 (#908 → #1,199)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1972 at #626 (248 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1970–1982
- Highest: 1 in 6,134 girls born in 1972 were named Niki (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.0% of all girls named Niki (1,901) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 18 | #3,568 (1932) | #3,890 |
| 1940s | 267 | #1,353 (1949) | #1,823 |
| 1950s | 657 | #1,018 (1950) | #1,261 |
| 1960s | 742 | #1,019 (1969) | #1,303 |
| 1970s | 1,901 | #626 (1972) | #781 |
| 1980s | 1,559 | #809 (1981) | #1,006 |
| 1990s | 1,092 | #908 (1993) | #1,599 |
| 2000s | 474 | #2,447 (2002) | #3,322 |
| 2010s | 256 | #4,306 (2010) | #5,274 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,464 (2022) | #8,107 |
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.
Niki in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 21,413 of them was named Niki, which outranked 83.3% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,007Melvina82
- #1,016Lorelei81
- #1,016Thomas81
- #1,018Niki80
- #1,018Alva80
- #1,018Arline80
- #1,018Drucilla80
- #1,026Berta79
- #1,026Gene79
- #1,026Gussie79
Tied with 7 names at #1,018; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.