# Niki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/niki/  
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 | 7,277 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 229 / 7,048 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 175, 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 | 22 | 6,093 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,076 |
| 2013 | 28 | 4,989 |
| 2014 | 30 | 4,741 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,192 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,243 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,625 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,179 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,416 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,835 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,172 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,642 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,853 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,053 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,214 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 9 | 4,302 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,775 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,829 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,435 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,008 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,103 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,716 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,574 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,690 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,194 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,411 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,382 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,831 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,573 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,685 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |

## People named Niki

- Niki Zimling, Danish footballer
- Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
- Niki Mäenpää, Finnish association football player
- Niki Taylor, American model
- Niki Haris, Dancer, singer
- Niki Tuuli, Finnish motorcycle racer

## 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.