Nikai — #7499 US boys' name
151 babies named Nikai in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Nikai was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nikai in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nikai
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Nikai between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nikai currently holds the #7499 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nikai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nikai 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 151 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.
Nikai at a glance
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Current rank
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Nikai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #7499 among boys.
151 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 11 births in a single year.
Nikai popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Nikai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nikai accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nikai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 57 births that decade — 38% of Nikai's all-time total
Nikai decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nikai's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.