girls:
7k births since 1932
#1956 (66th percentile)
boys:
229 births since 1945
#4357 (5th percentile)
overall:
7.3k births since 1932
#3167 (59th percentile)
The name Niki is the #3,167 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,254 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 59.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,956 (65.8% percentile) for all time with 7,025 births since 1932. For boys, it ranks #4,357 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 229 births since 1945.
Niki first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for girls and 1945 for boys). Birth data for Niki is available in 87 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023 (87 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Niki has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Niki reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 30.7% percentile (ranked #515) with 154 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 154 births per million (ranked 30.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1996, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Niki ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 6.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Niki reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #643) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niki".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Niki", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nikki" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nikki..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Niki. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.8% confident that Niki is pronounced as NIH-kee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEE-kee, at 26.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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