Nika
Nika was the 3200th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2378th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 561 places. More babies were named Nika in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,200 girls, down 428 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201777 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,502babies recorded
Nika popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2003.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,200 | 50 |
| 2020 | #2,772 | 60 |
| 2010 | #2,608 | 70 |
| 2000 | #3,498 | 38 |
| 1990 | #2,425 | 51 |
| 1980 | #3,188 | 27 |
| 1970 | #3,532 | 18 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nika, counting every spelling?
Nika is the most common spelling of a name family that had 58 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 58 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nika | 50 | #3,200 | 289 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nika?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nika (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nika born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nika.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nika?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Nika are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 10 and 35. That makes Nika mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nika by state
How common Nika was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.6×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nika: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nika, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nika
How popular is the name Nika?
Nika was the 3200th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2378th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 561 places. More babies were named Nika in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nika a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nika in the US.
Where is Nika most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nika was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and Washington.