Nika

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nika: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nika: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #608, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#608highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#1965
2008	#1815
2009	#2326
2010	#2235
2011	#1545
2012	#2215
2013	#1639
2014	#1562
2015	#2195
2016	#1749
2017	#1911
2018	#2340
2019	#1940
2020	#2300
2021	#1866
2022	#1948
2023	#2201
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2022: #634 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1948 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2025
Highest recorded position: #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2007–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Nika appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 273 births with the name.

Nika across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nika's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#1545 (2011)	#2771 (2024)	23 of 26	273 (1999–2024)	19 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#608 (2025)	#608 (2025)	11 of 19	49 (2007–2025)	6 (2011)

Nika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nika in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	60	7 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nika appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #608 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Nika's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #608, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nihan · #785, 9y
Niharika · #3598, 18y
Nikan · #2488, 11y
Nikau · #44, 6y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ameya · #608, 22y
Catalina · #608, 28y
Goldie · #608, 23y
Eliott · #609, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Catalina · #608, 28y
Goldie · #608, 23y
Eliott · #609, 29y
Marcell · #609, 25y

Nika was ranked #608 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nika and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nika without appearing here.

Nika moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1815 and #5545.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #5591.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Nika

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1313.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1279.

Moved the opposite way to Nika

Carol Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Nika went from #3225 to #1866 while Carol went from #1805 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Nika went from #3225 to #1866 while Karin went from #1557 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Nika went from #3225 to #1866 while Tyler went from #237 to #5581.
Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nika went from #1815 to #2771 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.

Moved the same way as Nika

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nika went from #1639 to #2771 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #608 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nika

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nika across 2 official records

Nika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nika across 2 official records

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