Nika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-ka
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Nika is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Nika mean?
Greek: short form of names like Veronika or Dominika; also Greek nike
“victory”
Is Nika a girl's or a boy's name?
Nika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Nika, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Nika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Nika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Nika, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer girls named Nika than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Nika in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were given Nika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,374, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
- Nika 50
- Nica 8
Nika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 74 | #2,530 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,414 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
Names like Nika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Navya Krisha Saanvi Viha Anvika Nishtha Priya Aavya Nirvi Saanvika Anvi
Other spellings of Nika
Names related to Nika
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nika, updated 20 October 2026.