Nikki
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Diminutive form of Nicole/Nicolas; 'victory of the people'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈnɪki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nikki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.8K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nikki itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 555 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Niki in CY Cyprus, CN China, Nicky in NL Netherlands and Nicki in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Diminutive form of Nicole/Nicolas; 'victory of the people'.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nikki counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 9K | — | Niki | 36 |
| US United States | #498 | 43,487 | 1 in 7.6K | 43K | Nikki | 555 |
| PH Philippines | #873 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Nikki | 127 |
| GB United Kingdom | #329 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | 15 | Nikki | 278 |
| AU Australia | #286 | ≈9,800 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 4 | Nikki | 242 |
| CY Cyprus | #310 | 3,538as Νικη | 1 in 358 | 3.5K | Niki | 56 |
| SE Sweden | — | 2,515as Nike | 1 in 4.1K | 2.5K | Nicki | 48 |
| NZ New Zealand | #204 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | 11 | Nikki | 135 |
| NL Netherlands | #170 | 552as Nikkie | 1 in 31K | 8.3K | Nicky | 108 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nikki is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Pet form of Nicola, now sometimes used as an independent given name. Nicola ° Latinate feminine form of Nicholas. Pet forms: Nicky. Nickie, Nicki, Nikki.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A diminutive of the female given name Nicole, variant of Nicky.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Nikki (m.fl. former) är ursprungligen smekformer till namn som → Annika, → Monica men även till mansnamnen → Nikolaus och → Nicholas. Det har börjat användas som officiellt förnamn först på senare tid. Kända namnbärare är den österrikiske racerföraren Niki (egentligen Nikolaus) Lauda (1949–2019) och den svenska tv-profilen Nikki Amini (f. 1984).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Pet form of Nicole/Nicola or Nikita.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
English: pet form of NICOLA , now sometimes used as an independent given name. Variants: Nicki, Nickie, Nicky .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nikki van der Zylb. 1935DEGerman actress
- Nikki Giovannib. 1943USAmerican poet, writer and activist
- Nikki Sixxb. 1958USAmerican musician (born 1958)
- Nikki Zieringb. 1971USAmerican model and actress
- Nikki McCrayb. 1971USAmerican basketball player (1971–2023)
- Nikki Haleyb. 1972USAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1972)
- Nikki Amuka-Birdb. 1976GBBritish actress
- Nikki Griffinb. 1978USAmerican actress
- Nikki Coxb. 1978USAmerican actress
- Nikki DeLoachb. 1979USAmerican actress and singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 43K | #989 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 8.3K | #468 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.7K | #1,169 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.1K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 770 | #989 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 175 | #5,882 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 44 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2002 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2010 | 4 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1994 | 4 | #325 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Nikki a male or female name?
- Nikki is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Nikki?
- In the etymology graph, Nicola, Colette and Nicolasa are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Nicole and Nichole.
- What does the name Nikki mean, and where does it come from?
- Diminutive form of Nicole/Nicolas; 'victory of the people'. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- In which country does Nikki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 155 thousand people named Nikki in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled niki.
- How common is the name Nikki?
- In the United States, the national register counted 43,487 people named Nikki in 2020, about 1 in 7.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Nikki compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Nikki is the 170th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Nikki?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnɪki/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Nikki?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nikkiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nikki” — the 170th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.