Niki Girl
How popular is Niki?
#7,883 girl name in 2025
13 baby girls were named Niki in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
Niki popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,883 for girls (▲ 1668 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,034 in 2015, #11,085 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1972 (248 girls) |
| Highest rank | #626 in 1972 |
| First recorded | 1932 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Niki counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nikki family of names ranked #2,207 for girls in 2025 (#2,216 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nikki | 44 | 77% |
| Niki | 13 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Niki is most popular
Babies named Niki per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Niki by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 18 | #3,566 |
| 1940s | 267 | #1,352 |
| 1950s | 657 | #1,017 |
| 1960s | 742 | #1,019 |
| 1970s | 1,901 | #626 |
| 1980s | 1,559 | #809 |
| 1990s | 1,092 | #907 |
| 2000s | 474 | #2,444 |
| 2010s | 256 | #4,305 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,459 |
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Questions
- Is Niki a boy or girl name?
- Niki is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Niki were girls.
- How popular is the name Niki?
- 13 baby girls were named Niki in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
- When was Niki most popular?
- Niki peaked in 1972, when 248 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #626 in 1972.
- How many people are named Niki?
- 7,277 babies have been named Niki in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,772 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Niki most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Niki was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.