Nikka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikka

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Nikka between 1970 and 2019, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nikka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nikka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikka 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 410 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.