Nika
Nika is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201777 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 2,444people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,444 girls have been named Nika in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 77 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Nika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Nika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mikapeak 2017
- Manalpeak 2021
- Shifrapeak 2017
- Keziapeak 2007
- Hananpeak 2016
- Rochelpeak 2019
- Yochevedpeak 2012
- Chanapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.