# Nicki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nicki/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,380 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 297 / 6,083 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 55, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping + -i (diminutive suffix).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 9,998 |
| 2008 | 16 | 8,011 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,265 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12,001 |
| 2011 | 21 | 6,284 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,059 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,413 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,961 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,321 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,640 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,725 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,462 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,088 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,865 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,202 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7 | 4,247 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,371 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,056 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,647 |
| 1976 | 13 | 3,046 |
| 1977 | 11 | 3,529 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,442 |
| 1979 | 7 | 5,203 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,973 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,277 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,485 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,910 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,823 |
| 1995 | 9 | 6,256 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,666 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |

## People named Nicki

- Nicki Aycox, American actress (1975–2022)
- Nicki Hunter, American pornographic actress and director
- Nicki Bille Nielsen, Danish footballer
- Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist, born 1975
- Nicki French, British singer
- Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress
- Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle speedway rider
- Nicki Micheaux, American actress
- Nicki Parrott, Australian bassist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.