Vikki

Where Vikki comes from

20th-century fanciful respelling of Vicky.
— Wiktionary's entry for Vikki
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    Vikki LaMotta born
    former ex-wife of boxer Jake LaMotta
  2. 1939
    First appearance
    #3,429 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1941
    Vikki Carr born
    Mexican-American recording artist; singer, actress
  4. 1957
    Peak, #560
    295 babies named Vikki — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #938.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Victoria, variant of Vicky, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Vikki Carr · Mexican-American recording artist; singer, actress, born 1941
  • Vikki LaMotta · former ex-wife of boxer Jake LaMotta, 1930–2005
  • Vikki Slade · British politician, from 2024, member of the UK Parliament, born 1972
  • Vikki Stone · British comedian, born 1985
  • Vikki Howells · Welsh politician

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.