Nikia
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 93.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 272 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,728since 1971
Nikia over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 73 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,939 | 71 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 94 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #1,763 | 83 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #1,855 | 76 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,769 | 82 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,446 | 95 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,240 | 114 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,113 | 132 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,178 | 120 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,080 | 129 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,030 | 136 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,107 | 127 | — | |
| 1981 | #822 | 192 | — | |
| 1980 | #862 | 178 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #821 | 192 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #705 | 224 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #755 | 202 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #762 | 189 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #593 | 272 | #1,042 | 63 |
| 1974 | #751 | 188 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nikia! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015–2018, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Nikia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 5,329 spots in 1974 (#6,080 → #751)
- Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1982 (#822 → #1,107)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1975 at #593 (272 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1974–1981
- Highest: 1 in 5,360 girls born in 1975 were named Nikia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 35.1% of all girls named Nikia (1,307) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,288 | #593 (1975) | #2,750 |
| 1980s | 1,307 | #822 (1981) | #1,152 |
| 1990s | 776 | #1,608 (1994) | #1,897 |
| 2000s | 287 | #3,009 (2001) | #5,131 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,872 (2012) | #11,373 |
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.
Nikia in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 5,360 of them was named Nikia, which outranked 94.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 24,783 of them was named Nikia, which outranked 83.6% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,029Shiloh64
- #1,029Simeon64
- #1,029Whitney64
- #1,042Nikia63
- #1,042Anson63
- #1,042Brandt63
- #1,042Cheyenne63
- #1,053Barney62
- #1,053Bartholomew62
- #1,053Cale62
Tied with 10 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.