Nikeya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-KAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
Nikeya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nikeya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nakia or Nikia
Is Nikeya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nikeya is a girls' name.
How popular is Nikeya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Nikeya in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nikeya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
Names like Nikeya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya Radhika Aviva Anika Krisha Aveya Nika Nirvana Shreya Nyava Navya Saanvika
Names related to Nikeya
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Nikeya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nikeya, updated 20 October 2026.