How rare is the name Niki?

8,235 people in the United States have the first name Niki, about 1 in 36,677. It ranks #2,807 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NIKI

#2,807

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,235
About
1 in 36,677
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,235 people named Niki, 71.5% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 8.1% as Black. 96% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Niki peaked in 1972, when 261 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19322025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
261
In 2025*
13 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,277 babies have been given the name since 1932. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Niki by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,310. The largest share of babies named Niki, 36.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#9,04418
1940s#2,864272
1950s#2,071662
1960s#2,064766
1970s#1,3102,002
1980s#1,6381,611
1990s#2,4861,134
2000s#5,549474
2010s#8,917256
2020s#13,26582
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.4%
Generation X 1965–8036.6%
Millennials 1981–9632.1%
Generation Z 1997–1210.6%
2013 and later3.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Niki is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Niki has been most common in California (2.1×), Florida (1.8×), and Louisiana (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.39×).

3,676 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Niki

1 other first name also has 8,235 people.

#2,807 Lien · 8,235

Either side of Niki

#2,806 Vinh · 8,249#2,807 Lien · 8,235#2,809 Kirstin · 8,232#2,809 Maegan · 8,232

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Niki, most common first.

#989 Nikki · 43,487#2,569 Niko · 9,382#3,177 Nicki · 6,844#5,446 Nikia · 3,158#5,848 Nika · 2,839#8,183 Nik · 1,785#16,739 Nike · 669#30,674 Nikie · 283

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