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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#169 · 1 in 633
- Oklahoma#280 · 1 in 1,737
- Washington#341 · 1 in 2,317
- Utah#345 · 1 in 2,120
- Indiana#396 · 1 in 3,839
Best ever in a state: #64 in Idaho, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #169 | 10 | 1 in 633 |
| Oklahoma | #280 | 12 | 1 in 1,737 |
| Washington | #341 | 12 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Utah | #345 | 5 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Indiana | #396 | 13 | 1 in 3,839 |
| Arkansas | #427 | 5 | 1 in 3,498 |
| Ohio | #433 | 23 | 1 in 4,532 |
| California | #441 | 50 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Wisconsin | #497 | 6 | 1 in 7,366 |
| Alabama | #503 | 7 | 1 in 4,908 |
| Tennessee | #504 | 7 | 1 in 5,173 |
| Florida | #543 | 9 | 1 in 5,563 |
| Texas | #550 | 24 | 1 in 4,657 |
| Illinois | #587 | 14 | 1 in 7,616 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 8,129 |
| New York | #628 | 21 | 1 in 7,999 |
| Missouri | #633 | 5 | 1 in 8,860 |
| Michigan | #687 | 8 | 1 in 10,860 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 9 | 1 in 12,339 |
| Louisiana | #694 | 5 | 1 in 7,609 |
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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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 6,751 of them was named Nikki, which outranked 92.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 151,728 of them was named Nikki, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,148Wendy15
- #2,148Yale15
- #2,148Ysidro15
- #2,242Nikki14
- #2,242Aldon14
- #2,242Andrei14
- #2,242Arland14
- #2,322Adrien13
- #2,322Albino13
- #2,322Allie13
Tied with 79 names at #2,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.