# Nikki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikki/  
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 | 41,005 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 896 / 40,109 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 861, 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 | 156 | 1,451 |
| 2012 | 127 | 1,679 |
| 2013 | 118 | 1,751 |
| 2014 | 142 | 1,544 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,604 |
| 2016 | 91 | 2,142 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,885 |
| 2018 | 80 | 2,292 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2,421 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,677 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,605 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,811 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,080 |
| 2024 | 46 | 3,441 |
| 2025 | 44 | 3,504 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 5,551 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,193 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,369 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,971 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,315 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,289 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,499 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,872 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,831 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,135 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,655 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,434 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,216 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,497 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,499 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |

## People named Nikki

- Nikki Haley, American politician and diplomat (born 1972)
- Nikki Sixx, American musician (born 1958)
- Nikki Cox, American actress
- Nikki Giovanni, American poet, writer and activist (1943-2024)
- Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer
- Nikki Amuka-Bird, British actress
- Nikki McCray, American basketball player (1971–2023)
- Nikki Stone, freestyle skier
- Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
- Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer
- Nikki Hiltz, American middle-distance runner
- Nikki Hahn, American actress

## 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.