# Nika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nika/  
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 | 2,502 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 2,497 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 282, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,937 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,079 |
| 2013 | 69 | 2,589 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2,462 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,639 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,638 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2,378 |
| 2018 | 60 | 2,832 |
| 2019 | 75 | 2,394 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,772 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,631 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,849 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,814 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3,108 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3,200 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 12,201 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Nika

- Nika Melia, Georgian politician (born 1979)
- Nika Gilauri, Georgian politician
- Nika Futterman, American actress (born 1969)
- Nika Turković, Croatian singer
- Nika Kvekveskiri, Georgian association football player
- Nika Daalderop, Dutch volleyball player
- Nika Fleiss, Croatian alpine skier
- Nika Dzalamidze, Georgian footballer
- Nika Ožegović, Croatian tennis player
- Nika Rurua, Georgian politician (1968–2018)
- Nika McGuigan, actress
- Nika Mühl, Croatian basketball player (born 2001)

## 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.