The name Nikki is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Nicole.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Nikki has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Nikki
Use of the Name Nikki for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
37,234
34,434
19,507
4,567
1,684
579
279
The table below indicates the number of times the name Nikki has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Nikki first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1941, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Nikki
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1941
894
68
1942
829
85
1943
545
189
1944
581
161
1945
623
136
1946
574
194
1947
546
239
1948
521
252
1949
517
251
1950
529
244
1951
530
248
1952
544
248
1953
567
240
1954
572
245
1955
672
194
1956
736
173
1957
710
196
1958
703
198
1959
740
189
1960
725
195
1961
584
299
1962
646
246
1963
602
275
1964
615
266
1965
644
233
1966
554
291
1967
464
417
1968
480
400
1969
435
491
1970
369
655
1971
309
872
1972
173
1,705
1973
199
1,289
1974
229
1,108
1975
222
1,103
1976
235
1,009
1977
263
946
1978
227
1,093
1979
237
1,084
1980
246
1,046
1981
241
1,035
1982
237
1,071
1983
249
943
1984
248
1,001
1985
218
1,193
1986
256
1,007
1987
242
1,072
1988
252
1,018
1989
268
1,004
1990
282
985
1991
321
836
1992
311
889
1993
275
1,001
1994
322
839
1995
381
693
1996
385
690
1997
449
564
1998
482
529
1999
599
407
2000
585
442
2001
726
335
2002
740
328
2003
820
300
2004
869
279
Totals:
37,234
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Nikki as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Nikki appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 64 times during the last 125 years.