Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Nika

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
victory

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Nika

Pronunciation

n(i)-ka

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2003 (rank #10889, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #2357, 77 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3167, 50 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–50
2024–51
2023–61
2022–59
2021–66
2020–59
2019–75
2018–60
2017–77
2016–67

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

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1562, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20259
20249
202312
202214
202115
202011
201914
201811
201715
201617

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

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #2533, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #4076, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20233–
20225–
2021––
2020––
20193–
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
20146–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #612, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20255
2024–
2023–
20225
2021–
2020–
20194
2018–
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #391, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #514, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20236
20226
2021–
2020–
20196
2018–
20177
20165
20157
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence