Nik — #12575 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nik

The Social Security Administration has registered 211 babies named Nik between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nik currently holds the #12575 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nik in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 211 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.