Nikia*
#2,868 most common girls' name of all time · #4,923 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1971–2019 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,868
Rank overall
#4,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
3,974
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1975 #593
Best rank
#593 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 335/yr
Nikia first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,155 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,958 |
| 2014 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,677 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,983 |
| 2012 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,980 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,904 |
| 2010 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,874 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,030 |
| 2008 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,210 |
| 2007 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #6,908 |
| 2006 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,002 |
| 2005 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,339 |
| 2004 | 38 | 5 | 43 | #3,783 |
| 2003 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,260 |
| 2002 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,561 |
| 2001 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,032 |
| 2000 | 33 | 7 | 40 | #3,844 |
| 1999 | 58 | 5 | 63 | #2,488 |
| 1998 | 71 | 9 | 80 | #2,077 |
| 1997 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,976 |
| 1996 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,944 |
| 1995 | 71 | 10 | 81 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 94 | 8 | 102 | #1,619 |
| 1993 | 83 | 7 | 90 | #1,774 |
| 1992 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,870 |
| 1991 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,616 |
| 1990 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,777 |
| 1989 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,452 |
| 1987 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,247 |
| 1986 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,116 |
| 1985 | 120 | 5 | 125 | #1,184 |
| 1984 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,086 |
| 1983 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,036 |
| 1982 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,116 |
| 1981 | 192 | — | 192 | #824 |
| 1980 | 178 | 5 | 183 | #865 |
| 1979 | 192 | 7 | 199 | #822 |
| 1978 | 224 | 13 | 237 | #709 |
| 1977 | 202 | 14 | 216 | #756 |
| 1976 | 189 | 34 | 223 | #764 |
| 1975 | 272 | 63 | 335 | #593 |
| 1974 | 188 | 49 | 237 | #753 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,573 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,510 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,503 |