Nikki — #3390 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nikki

The Social Security Administration has registered 40,064 babies named Nikki between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nikki currently holds the #3390 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 1,704 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nikki performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10,876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Nikki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,189 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nikki in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nikki 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 40,064 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.