Nikki Girl
How popular is Nikki?
#3,458 girl name in 2025
44 baby girls were named Nikki in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
Nikki popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,458 for girls (▼ 63 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 44 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,600 in 2015, #2,659 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1972 (1,704 girls) |
| Highest rank | #173 in 1972 |
| First recorded | 1925 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nikki 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 Nikki is most popular
Babies named Nikki per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nikki by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 35 | #3,392 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,179 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #514 |
| 1950s | 2,179 | #526 |
| 1960s | 3,115 | #435 |
| 1970s | 10,876 | #173 |
| 1980s | 10,402 | #218 |
| 1990s | 7,438 | #280 |
| 2000s | 2,823 | #584 |
| 2010s | 1,199 | #1,372 |
| 2020s | 335 | #2,586 |
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Questions
- Is Nikki a boy or girl name?
- Nikki is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Nikki were girls.
- How popular is the name Nikki?
- 44 baby girls were named Nikki in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
- When was Nikki most popular?
- Nikki peaked in 1972, when 1,704 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #173 in 1972.
- How many people are named Nikki?
- 41,005 babies have been named Nikki in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,488 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Nikki most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nikki was most common in California, at 0.1 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.