Nikai
Boy · nih-KYE · Modern
Nikai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Nikai come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Nikolai
- Say it
- nih-KYE
Is Nikai a girl's or a boy's name?
Nikai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nikai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Nikai, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Nikai than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Nikai in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nikai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Nicknames for Nikai
- Nik 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Nikai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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