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.

Niki

#1,969 most common girls' name of all time · #3,364 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1932–2025

Rank among girls
#1,969
Rank overall
#3,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
7,277
Since 2016
175
Peak year
1972 #627
Best rank
#627 1972
Girls Boys peak 261/yr
19401960198020002020

Niki first appears in 1932. 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 13 13 #7,958
2024 10 10 #9,658
2023 17 17 #6,723
2022 18 18 #6,504
2021 16 16 #7,014
2020 8 8 #11,238
2019 24 24 #5,336
2018 20 20 #6,057
2017 23 23 #5,555
2016 26 26 #5,163
2015 21 21 #6,075
2014 30 30 #4,683
2013 28 28 #4,920
2012 28 28 #4,997
2011 22 22 #5,983
2010 34 34 #4,321
2009 37 37 #4,123
2008 38 38 #4,109
2007 47 47 #3,493
2006 44 44 #3,578
2005 50 50 #3,136
2004 37 37 #3,841
2003 45 45 #3,246
2002 65 65 #2,451
2001 51 51 #2,848
2000 60 60 #2,517
1999 62 62 #2,378
1998 71 71 #2,070
1997 78 78 #1,888
1996 94 6 100 #1,629
1995 129 6 135 #1,298
1994 147 5 152 #1,200
1993 212 6 218 #909
1992 99 5 104 #1,570
1991 96 5 101 #1,590
1990 104 9 113 #1,494
1989 115 115 #1,342
1988 130 8 138 #1,175
1987 133 6 139 #1,125
1986 162 162 #977
1985 181 181 #885
1984 142 6 148 #1,008
1983 131 6 137 #1,064
1982 178 7 185 #868
1981 197 8 205 #811
1980 190 11 201 #828
1979 184 9 193 #848
1978 224 13 237 #706
1977 179 9 188 #837
1976 206 8 214 #712
1975 168 13 181 #816
1974 194 15 209 #737
1973 227 7 234 #657
1972 248 13 261 #627
1971 138 8 146 #936
1970 133 6 139 #957
1969 114 7 121 #1,021
1968 100 5 105 #1,050
1967 95 6 101 #1,069
1966 74 74 #1,258
1965 60 60 #1,431
1964 61 61 #1,456
1963 65 65 #1,384
1962 62 6 68 #1,416
1961 61 61 #1,433
1960 50 50 #1,591
1959 56 5 61 #1,444
1958 48 48 #1,552
1957 72 72 #1,242
1956 52 52 #1,477
1955 47 47 #1,490
1954 65 65 #1,240
1953 85 85 #1,052
1952 71 71 #1,126
1951 81 81 #1,036
1950 80 80 #1,025
1949 46 46 #1,370
1948 42 42 #1,436
1947 42 42 #1,460
1946 22 22 #2,018
1945 21 5 26 #1,870
1944 29 29 #1,541
1943 22 22 #1,892
1942 15 15 #2,403
1941 12 12 #2,660
1940 16 16 #2,106
1938 6 6 #4,274
1937 5 5 #4,804
1932 7 7 #3,894