Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nik

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
people of victory

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nik

Pronunciation

nik

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #8210, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #9714, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
20257
20245
20237
2022–
2021–
2020–
20199
20185
20177
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #3015, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #2739, 5 births); most recent 2017 (rank #5761, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20254–
2024––
2023––
2022––
20216–
2020––
20193–
2018––
2017–3
20163–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence