The baby name Niki is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈniːki/ (NEE-kee); sometimes /ˈnɪki/ (NIK-ee).
Niki is Greek in Origin.
The baby name Niki is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈniːki/ (NEE-kee); sometimes /ˈnɪki/ (NIK-ee).
Niki is Greek in Origin.
Niki is a compact, pan-European diminutive from Greek nike ‘victory’. It serves as a short form of names built on the Nik-/Nic- element - especially Nikolaos/Nikolaus (‘victory of the people’), Nicole/Nicola, and Slavic Nikita. In Greece it also renders Niki/Nike (Νίκη), the feminine given name meaning ‘victory’ outright. The name therefore carries both the direct sense ‘victory’ and the broader triumph implied by its parent forms.
Used across genders, it’s common for girls in English- and Romance-language contexts via Nicole/Nicola, and for boys in parts of Central and Eastern Europe. As a standalone it gained 20th-century currency and reads modern and international. Variant spellings include Nikki, Nicki, and Nicky; related cognates are Nika and Nike. Formal counterparts include Nicole, Nicola, Nicholas, Nikola, Nikolai, and Niklas.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY | Girls | 0 | #17 | 211 | 3,755 |
| HN | 0 | #22 | 1 | 704 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #27 | 571 | 6,293 |
| NA | 0 | #32 | 2 | 2,537 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 2,021 |
| EE | 0 | #37 | 1 | 1,051 | |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| AZ | 0 | #42 | 2 | 706 | |
| CY | 0 | #42 | 18 | 1,632 | |
| MT | 0 | #42 | 2 | 1,767 | |
| MO | 0 | #49 | 4 | 2,706 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #50 | 417 | 3,850 |
| GR | 0 | #64 | 84 | 3,911 | |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| BG | 0 | #68 | 13 | 1,799 | |
| IN | 0 | #70 | 2 | 2,963 | |
| AL | 0 | #72 | 5 | 2,372 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #75 | 297 | 3,308 |
| CN | 0 | #76 | 10 | 3,857 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| SI | 0 | #77 | 4 | 1,612 | |
| HU | 0 | #85 | 30 | 1,675 | |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #91 | 2 | 865 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #92 | 3 | 2,402 |
| JM | 0 | #92 | 2 | 3,714 | |
| TW | 0 | #95 | 9 | 4,523 | |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #104 | 5 | 1,564 |
| QA | 0 | #104 | 3 | 7,011 | |
| PH | 0 | #105 | 6 | 5,607 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #106 | 5 | 2,055 |
| EC | 0 | #120 | 2 | 2,502 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #124 | 2 | 2,087 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #129 | 3 | 3,473 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #129 | 7 | 4,130 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #134 | 2 | 1,786 |
| PA | 0 | #135 | 4 | 3,797 | |
| MU | 0 | #136 | 2 | 3,613 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #137 | 1 | 1,651 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #144 | 8 | 4,216 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #145 | 10 | 2,277 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #145 | 66 | 3,402 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #146 | 315 | 5,378 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #149 | 5 | 3,773 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #150 | 2 | 2,166 |
| CZ | 0 | #155 | 31 | 3,154 | |
| CR | 0 | #159 | 7 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #164 | 4 | 3,171 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #170 | 10 | 1,568 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #170 | 5 | 3,954 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #171 | 54 | 3,559 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #171 | 82 | 7,056 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #171 | 7 | 2,769 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #174 | 6 | 4,064 |
| HR | 0 | #179 | 3 | 2,081 | |
| Austria | 0 | #180 | 34 | 850 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #181 | 2 | 1,509 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #181 | 42 | 4,141 |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #188 | 3 | 4,850 |
| AR | 0 | #192 | 2 | 2,915 | |
| RU | 0 | #192 | 3 | 3,641 | |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #199 | 2 | 1,904 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #200 | 175 | 8,829 |
| IR | 0 | #201 | 29 | 4,221 | |
| DK | 0 | #203 | 4 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #207 | 12 | 4,970 |
| PL | 0 | #211 | 2 | 2,600 | |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #213 | 46 | 3,997 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #216 | 2 | 4,575 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #219 | 427 | 8,334 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #226 | 14 | 3,650 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #228 | 256 | 2,180 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #229 | 6 | 5,842 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #230 | 233 | 2,041 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #231 | 15 | 6,592 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #234 | 4 | 7,146 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #234 | 43 | 8,139 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #243 | 4 | 3,322 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #245 | 15 | 7,507 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| PT | 0 | #249 | 2 | 4,161 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #250 | 4 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #252 | 5 | 7,111 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #257 | 11 | 6,912 |
| SG | 0 | #258 | 12 | 11,010 | |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #259 | 1,102 | 3,552 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #262 | 170 | 1,885 |
| IL | 0 | #265 | 10 | 6,291 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #266 | 24 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #270 | 20 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #271 | 28 | 5,122 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #273 | 13 | 2,795 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| Finland | 0 | #275 | 33 | 830 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #284 | 21 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #291 | 35 | 7,401 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #293 | 407 | 16,104 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #299 | 56 | 5,096 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| GT | 0 | #304 | 11 | 5,948 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #305 | 12 | 15,378 |
| HK | 0 | #308 | 41 | 8,483 | |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #312 | 13 | 6,973 |
| MY | 0 | #317 | 14 | 12,352 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #322 | 8 | 7,429 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #323 | 13 | 6,459 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #325 | 8 | 5,862 |
| PE | 0 | #327 | 3 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #337 | 3 | 7,570 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #343 | 166 | 12,621 |
| BO | 0 | #351 | 31 | 6,868 | |
| NL | 0 | #356 | 36 | 2,481 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| BR | 0 | #359 | 2 | 5,969 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #359 | 4 | 8,539 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #375 | 7 | 7,951 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #377 | 10 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #379 | 18 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #379 | 12 | 13,098 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #381 | 11 | 1,368 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #383 | 5 | 2,865 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #384 | 16 | 5,922 |
| Germany | 0 | #387 | 51 | 2,542 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #401 | 5 | 3,185 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #408 | 235 | 13,121 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #415 | 84 | 11,913 |
| ZA | 0 | #416 | 32 | 14,421 | |
| CL | 0 | #427 | 8 | 6,867 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #440 | 179 | 9,488 |
| Spain | 0 | #441 | 12 | 2,326 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #441 | 11 | 7,952 |
| MX | 0 | #443 | 3 | 8,339 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #448 | 34 | 9,861 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #461 | 14 | 7,625 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #463 | 124 | 18,916 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #470 | 71 | 11,671 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #472 | 39 | 6,731 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #481 | 3 | 7,628 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #485 | 39 | 10,981 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #489 | 17 | 7,500 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #494 | 39 | 11,342 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #500 | 6 | 9,305 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #503 | 25 | 12,905 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #503 | 13 | 19,177 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #506 | 43 | 10,655 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #508 | 46 | 20,968 |
| CO | 0 | #508 | 3 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #511 | 42 | 10,162 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #537 | 14 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #540 | 14 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #547 | 61 | 10,983 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #558 | 35 | 9,244 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #560 | 1,507 | 10,046 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #564 | 54 | 11,648 |
| IT | 0 | #565 | 151 | 4,183 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #583 | 274 | 4,949 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #584 | 16 | 8,289 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #603 | 3 | 10,045 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #621 | 349 | 5,933 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #641 | 25 | 13,390 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #669 | 298 | 5,697 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #676 | 22 | 17,960 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #682 | 57 | 3,895 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #694 | 4 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #698 | 10 | 18,093 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #727 | 60 | 15,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #740 | 12 | 12,213 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #747 | 437 | 25,928 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #753 | 928 | 9,415 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #757 | 13 | 18,755 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #771 | 226 | 24,821 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #774 | 78 | 14,098 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #792 | 87 | 14,506 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #795 | 136 | 5,610 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #820 | 124 | 14,861 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #845 | 76 | 15,656 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #850 | 134 | 5,561 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #856 | 96 | 5,873 |
| TN | 0 | #863 | 3 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #872 | 10 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #901 | 35 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #905 | 78 | 16,355 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #907 | 10 | 8,487 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #910 | 280 | 17,781 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #932 | 10 | 12,708 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #936 | 143 | 16,140 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #939 | 13 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #940 | 62 | 16,750 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,002 | 8 | 14,742 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,051 | 61 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,069 | 24 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,097 | 82 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,099 | 30 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,164 | 13 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,178 | 34 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,589 | 26 | 28,008 |
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