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.

Nikki

#679 most common girls' name of all time · #1,246 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among girls
#679
Rank overall
#1,246 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
41,005
Since 2016
693
Peak year
1972 #173
Best rank
#173 1972
Girls Boys peak 1,736/yr
19401960198020002020

Nikki first appears in 1925. 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 44 44 #3,473
2024 46 46 #3,409
2023 54 54 #3,055
2022 61 61 #2,797
2021 67 67 #2,590
2020 63 5 68 #2,663
2019 74 74 #2,410
2018 80 80 #2,281
2017 108 108 #1,881
2016 91 91 #2,136
2015 134 134 #1,603
2014 142 142 #1,539
2013 118 5 123 #1,747
2012 127 14 141 #1,677
2011 156 156 #1,447
2010 169 7 176 #1,375
2009 180 7 187 #1,336
2008 191 6 197 #1,306
2007 247 5 252 #1,061
2006 255 255 #1,010
2005 253 8 261 #969
2004 285 285 #863
2003 304 6 310 #812
2002 328 6 334 #741
2001 337 11 348 #723
2000 443 8 451 #584
1999 407 10 417 #599
1998 530 7 537 #482
1997 564 11 575 #450
1996 691 8 699 #385
1995 692 19 711 #381
1994 842 22 864 #322
1993 997 35 1,032 #280
1992 892 33 925 #311
1991 838 40 878 #321
1990 985 40 1,025 #282
1989 1,003 44 1,047 #267
1988 1,023 38 1,061 #252
1987 1,072 36 1,108 #242
1986 1,007 25 1,032 #256
1985 1,195 30 1,225 #218
1984 1,002 20 1,022 #249
1983 945 9 954 #250
1982 1,073 15 1,088 #236
1981 1,037 12 1,049 #240
1980 1,045 12 1,057 #247
1979 1,085 12 1,097 #237
1978 1,095 29 1,124 #226
1977 948 19 967 #263
1976 1,009 31 1,040 #235
1975 1,103 23 1,126 #222
1974 1,108 24 1,132 #230
1973 1,290 20 1,310 #199
1972 1,704 32 1,736 #173
1971 877 17 894 #306
1970 657 12 669 #369
1969 493 11 504 #435
1968 399 5 404 #481
1967 418 6 424 #464
1966 291 291 #556
1965 232 7 239 #645
1964 266 9 275 #615
1963 276 11 287 #600
1962 246 11 257 #645
1961 299 14 313 #583
1960 195 5 200 #725
1959 190 6 196 #738
1958 197 6 203 #703
1957 196 196 #711
1956 173 173 #735
1955 196 196 #670
1954 244 6 250 #578
1953 240 240 #566
1952 250 9 259 #544
1951 249 249 #529
1950 244 244 #531
1949 251 251 #515
1948 253 6 259 #519
1947 238 6 244 #548
1946 193 193 #579
1945 137 137 #622
1944 161 161 #580
1943 190 5 195 #544
1942 85 85 #831
1941 68 68 #892
1940 41 41 #1,147
1939 38 38 #1,192
1938 15 15 #2,215
1937 7 7 #3,733
1936 10 10 #2,837
1935 9 9 #3,133
1933 6 6 #4,154
1932 5 5 #4,986
1929 8 8 #3,664
1928 5 5 #5,314
1927 6 6 #4,755
1926 8 8 #3,862
1925 8 8 #4,025