Niki
given name · Latin script
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female
- Finland (DVV): listed as male
- Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female
- Slovenia (stat.si Imena rojstva): listed under both sexes
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 36 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/ˈnɪki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Niki is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Clipping and -i diminutive of Nikolett or Nikoletta.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.6Kas Nikki(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.8Kas Nikki
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.1Kas Nikki
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 Niki 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 555 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
43,487 named Nikki, 2020
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Nikki in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 more, Nicki in SE Sweden and Nicky in FI Finland.
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)Clipping and -i diminutive of Nikolett or Nikoletta.
Cited for this meaning 2
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Niki, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Niki 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #498 | 43,487as Nikki | 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 |
| CA Canada | #431 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | 1 | Nikki | 222 |
| 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 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,284 | 1 in 4.3K | 1.3K | Nicky | 25 |
43,487 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)Niki is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Nika.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Hungarian, a diminutive of the female given names Nikolett or Nikoletta
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ニキ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tet, the generic term for bats
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mqy, kind of small flying fox
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Javanese, this, these
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Niki de Saint Phalleb. 1930FRplastician, painter and sculptor (1930–2002)
- Niki Laudab. 1949ATAustrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)
- Niki Reiserb. 1958CHSwiss composer
- Niki Harisb. 1962USDancer, singer
- Niki Carob. 1967NZNew Zealand film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Niki Bakogiannib. 1968GRGreek high jumper
- Niki Karimib. 1971IRIranian film director and actress
- Niki Chowb. 1979CNHong Kong actress
- Níki Keraméosb. 1980GRGreek politician
- Niki Yangb. 1985KRSouth Korean animator
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)70 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.9K | #2,807 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1.3K | #672 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 667 | #2,247 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 415 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 326 | #2,807 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 108 | #2,737 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 66 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 6 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2006 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What are other forms of the name Niki?
- In the etymology graph, Nikki, Colette and Nicky are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Niki a male or female name?
- Niki is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Finland (DVV): listed as male; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female; Slovenia (stat.si Imena rojstva): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.
- How do you pronounce Niki?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnɪki/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Niki mean, and where does it come from?
- Clipping and -i diminutive of Nikolett or Nikoletta. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- In which country does Niki have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 43 thousand people named Nikki, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Niki most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Niki is densest in Finland — about 1 in 4.3 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Niki?
- In Finland, the national register counted 1,284 people named Niki, about 1 in 4.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Niki compared with other names?
- In the United States, Niki is the 498th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nikiThe 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, “Niki” — the 498th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.