Nikiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-KEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Nikiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nikiyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Nikiya; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nakia or Nikia
Meaning borrowed from Nikiya.
Is Nikiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nikiyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nikiyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Nikiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nikiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Nikiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Jaliyah, Janiyah, Naziyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Naliyah, Zaliyah, Taliyah, Sariyah
Names related to Nikiyah
Nakiyah, Nikiya, Nakyah, Nikia, Nikkia, Nikya, Nikyah, Nikiah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Nikiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nikiyah, updated 20 October 2026.