Girls' name · since 1932
Niki
Niki has 7,048 recorded births since 1932 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,048
- born since 1932
- 1970s
- peak decade
Niki currently ranks #7947 among girls' names in America, with 7,048 babies recorded since 1932.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niki has been recorded 7,048 times among girls since 1932, currently ranked #7947 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 2025.
- #2,063 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,947 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,048 born since 1932
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niki ranks #2,063 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,947 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,048 born since 1932, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,947 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,048
- born since 1932
- 1970s
- peak decade
Niki's 7,048 recorded births place it above 97.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Niki compares
7,048 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Niki's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Niki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,048 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 248 | 21 | 19,840 |
Niki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Niki's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 248, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Niki popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–2025
- Peak year (1972)
- 248
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Niki popularity over time - boys
229 total births recorded since 1945 (Niki as boys' name)
Niki by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,901 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Niki's strongest decade.
1,901 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Niki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 267
1940s
267 births
- 1950s 657
1950s
657 births
- 1960s 742
1960s
742 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,901 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,559 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,092 births
- 2000s 474
2000s
474 births
- 2010s 256
2010s
256 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,901 births (27% of all-time use).
How Niki compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Niki's total volume
Niki by state
Where Niki concentrates geographically, total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 792 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 419 | 5.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 393 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 233 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 228 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 204 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 125 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 119 | 1.7% |
792 of 7,048 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Niki appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Niki's data
- Niki's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,901 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Nikis (792 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~93 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1932–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Niki draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.