Niki is an uncommon variant of Nikki that peaked in 1972 and has since faded.
Niki is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,214 for girl births in the United States (and #14,093 across all names), given to 13 babies. Niki was first reported in SSA data in 1932 and peaked in 1972 (248 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,214 | — |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | #10,053 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #6,853 | — |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #6,642 | — |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #7,172 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | #11,835 | — |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | #5,416 | — |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #6,179 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #5,625 | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 | #5,243 | — |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #6,192 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | #4,741 | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | #4,989 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | #5,076 | — |
| 2011 | 22 | 22 | #6,093 | — |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | #4,374 | — |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | #4,166 | — |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | #4,152 | — |
| 2007 | 47 | 47 | #3,519 | — |
| 2006 | 44 | 44 | #3,604 | — |
| 2005 | 50 | 50 | #3,160 | — |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | #3,881 | — |
| 2003 | 45 | 45 | #3,277 | — |
| 2002 | 65 | 65 | #2,460 | — |
| 2001 | 51 | 51 | #2,866 | — |
| 2000 | 60 | 60 | #2,532 | — |
| 1999 | 62 | 62 | #2,395 | — |
| 1998 | 71 | 71 | #2,078 | — |
| 1997 | 78 | — | #1,896 | — |
| 1996 | 100 | — | #1,637 | #8,685 |
| 1995 | 135 | — | #1,298 | #8,573 |
| 1994 | 152 | — | #1,202 | #9,831 |
| 1993 | 218 | — | #910 | #8,382 |
| 1992 | 104 | — | #1,569 | #9,411 |
| 1991 | 101 | — | #1,593 | #9,194 |
| 1990 | 113 | — | #1,500 | #5,690 |
| 1989 | 115 | — | #1,346 | — |
| 1988 | 138 | — | #1,177 | #5,574 |
| 1987 | 139 | — | #1,126 | #6,716 |
| 1986 | 162 | — | #977 | — |
| 1985 | 181 | — | #885 | — |
| 1984 | 148 | — | #1,008 | #6,103 |
| 1983 | 137 | — | #1,063 | #6,008 |
| 1982 | 185 | — | #868 | #5,435 |
| 1981 | 205 | — | #812 | #4,829 |
| 1980 | 201 | — | #829 | #3,775 |
| 1979 | 193 | — | #849 | #4,302 |
| 1978 | 237 | — | #708 | #3,175 |
| 1977 | 188 | — | #836 | #4,062 |
| 1976 | 214 | — | #712 | #4,296 |
| 1975 | 181 | — | #817 | #3,027 |
| 1974 | 209 | — | #735 | #2,636 |
| 1973 | 234 | — | #656 | #4,376 |
| 1972 | 261 | — | #627 | #2,774 |
| 1971 | 146 | — | #937 | #3,857 |
| 1970 | 139 | — | #956 | #4,575 |
| 1969 | 121 | — | #1,022 | #3,827 |
| 1968 | 105 | — | #1,052 | #4,563 |
| 1967 | 101 | — | #1,070 | #3,851 |
| 1966 | 74 | — | #1,258 | — |
| 1965 | 60 | — | #1,432 | — |
| 1964 | 61 | — | #1,457 | — |
| 1963 | 65 | — | #1,383 | — |
| 1962 | 68 | — | #1,416 | #3,910 |
| 1961 | 61 | — | #1,433 | — |
| 1960 | 50 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1959 | 61 | — | #1,447 | #4,396 |
| 1958 | 48 | — | #1,552 | — |
| 1957 | 72 | — | #1,243 | — |
| 1956 | 52 | — | #1,476 | — |
| 1955 | 47 | — | #1,493 | — |
| 1954 | 65 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1953 | 85 | — | #1,053 | — |
| 1952 | 71 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1951 | 81 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1950 | 80 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1949 | 46 | — | #1,367 | — |
| 1948 | 42 | — | #1,432 | — |
| 1947 | 42 | — | #1,453 | — |
| 1946 | 22 | — | #2,007 | — |
| 1945 | 26 | — | #1,863 | #3,640 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | #1,536 | — |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,885 | — |
| 1942 | 15 | — | #2,384 | — |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,630 | — |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,078 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,209 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,751 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,816 | — |