Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nika

#3,860 most common girls' name of all time · #6,596 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among girls
#3,860
Rank overall
#6,596 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
2,502
Since 2016
628
Peak year
2017 #2,367
Best rank
#2,367 2017
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
198020002020

Nika first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 50 — 50 #3,184
2024 52 — 52 #3,095
2023 61 — 61 #2,807
2022 60 — 60 #2,830
2021 66 — 66 #2,619
2020 60 — 60 #2,760
2019 75 — 75 #2,385
2018 60 — 60 #2,819
2017 77 — 77 #2,367
2016 67 — 67 #2,627
2015 68 — 68 #2,628
2014 74 — 74 #2,453
2013 69 — 69 #2,578
2012 55 — 55 #3,063
2011 59 — 59 #2,924
2010 70 — 70 #2,600
2009 74 — 74 #2,535
2008 62 — 62 #2,870
2007 61 — 61 #2,944
2006 40 — 40 #3,818
2005 54 — 54 #2,986
2004 42 — 42 #3,518
2003 47 5 52 #3,156
2002 38 — 38 #3,551
2001 21 — 21 #5,424
2000 38 — 38 #3,484
1999 41 — 41 #3,168
1998 31 — 31 #3,774
1997 43 — 43 #2,841
1996 46 — 46 #2,690
1995 46 — 46 #2,666
1994 53 — 53 #2,422
1993 43 — 43 #2,798
1992 35 — 35 #3,238
1991 52 — 52 #2,433
1990 51 — 51 #2,418
1989 45 — 45 #2,548
1988 45 — 45 #2,435
1987 37 — 37 #2,695
1986 30 — 30 #3,101
1985 20 — 20 #4,059
1984 24 — 24 #3,478
1983 28 — 28 #3,035
1982 16 — 16 #4,639
1981 23 — 23 #3,588
1980 27 — 27 #3,186
1979 20 — 20 #3,853
1978 19 — 19 #3,874
1977 30 — 30 #2,760
1976 30 — 30 #2,642
1975 24 — 24 #3,025
1974 20 — 20 #3,395
1973 19 — 19 #3,446
1972 14 — 14 #4,244
1971 19 — 19 #3,488
1970 18 — 18 #3,549
1969 14 — 14 #3,919
1968 8 — 8 #5,522
1967 5 — 5 #7,499
1966 10 — 10 #4,468
1964 5 — 5 #7,549
1961 6 — 6 #6,542