Nikki

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nikki: Recorded since 1987, its highest recorded position is #88, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#88highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#337
1997	#439
1998	#542
1999	#469
2000	#591
2001	#557
2002	#585
2003	#653
2004	#649
2005	#718
2006	#753
2007	#866
2008	#1093
2009	#1752
2010	#1472
2011	#1374
2012	#1720
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2017	#2925
2018	#2674
2019	#2869
2020	#2843
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2674 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1987–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nikki appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 820 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1990.

Nikki across 4 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.

Nikki'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	#337 (1996)	#337 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	29 of 29	820 (1996–2024)	102 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#517 (1990)	#414 (2004)	#896 (2018)	15 of 29	56 (1990–2018)	7 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2097 (1999)	#3908 (2015)	10 of 20	38 (1996–2015)	5 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#252 (2002)	#430 (2010)	10 of 14	35 (1997–2010)	5 (2002)

Nikki 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 Nikki in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	282	4 of 10	71
2000sbusiest	394	10 of 10	39
2010s	119	10 of 10	12
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 34, from 102 to 68.

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

Nikki 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 4 regions, from 1987 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1987.

Nikki'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#718	42	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#649	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#653	44	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#585	48	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#557	50	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#591	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#469	62	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#542	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#439	68	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#337	102	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#88	57	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1987 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #88, first reached in 1987.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 102 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1990, and 10 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.

Niki · #1979, 29y
Nikita · #34, 41y
Nikkita · #339, 21y
Niklas · #86, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Breanna · #88, 29y
Heath · #87, 31y
Jai · #87, 30y
Kaitlin · #90, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Dillon · #86, 42y
Mikaela · #90, 34y
Viljar · #91, 37y
Fraser · #92, 30y

Nikki was ranked #88 in New Zealand · Girls in 1987. 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.

Nikki 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 Nikki without appearing here.

Nikki moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4678 and #2629 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Nikki

Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #2115.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Janet Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.

Moved the opposite way to Nikki

Abigail Compare
Between 1990 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Nikki went from #517 to #896 while Abigail went from #380 to #75.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikki went from #337 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alex Compare
Between 1990 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Nikki went from #517 to #896 while Alex went from #446 to #267.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1990 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Nikki went from #517 to #896 while Alexandra went from #203 to #113.

Moved the same way as Nikki

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikki went from #337 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikki went from #337 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikki went from #337 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nikki went from #337 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1987 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nikki

Nikki at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nikki across 4 official records

Nikki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nikki appears in

Popularity data

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Nikki across 4 official records

Nikki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nikki appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Nikki

Nikki and the names beside it

Nikki moved ahead of

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