Nikia
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nikia has been given to 3,974 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 272 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.
Babies named Nikia, 2019
1 in 579,000
Nikia over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nikia over time
In 2019, Nikia went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nikia?
Nikia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2019
- 1 in 579,000
- 6 of 3,472,229 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 280,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2019
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 401,129 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nikia sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 401,129 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nikia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nikias were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nikia was born before 1983 — so the typical Nikia is around 42 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 35.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 18.9%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 3,728
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (1,307).
Is Nikia rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1975 (272)
- Years since peak
- 50
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.9% average annual change
Spellings of Nikia
Nikia is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 28.6% against Nikia's 0.80%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Nikia is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Nikia was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 53,225 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1District of Columbia1 in 7,692
- 2Maryland1 in 12,500
- 3Florida1 in 33,333
- 4Illinois1 in 33,333
- 5Michigan1 in 33,333
- 6Georgia1 in 50,000
- 7Louisiana1 in 50,000
- 8North Carolina1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nikia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Nikia is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Nikia was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,500,382 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nikia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Nikia around the world
Where Nikia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2004#4,598in 2004
- South Australia1978–2011#840in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Nikia by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nikia
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Nikia
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Nikia, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Nikia
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.