Nikiah

Girl · recorded 1978–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 2002best year

Most popular in 2002.

Last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nikiah.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1978

05919781987199620052014

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Nikiah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19785
19794
19804
19823
19863
19913
19933
19944
19963
19983
20003
20015
20029
20033
20045
20054
20064
20073
20083
20093
20104
20114
20123
20136
20143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nikiah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014
5
Rank in 2014
#16,513
How rare
1 in 357,271 girls
Since 1978
170

Nikiah was last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2002, at 9 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nikiah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.