Nikya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NIK-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Nikya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nikya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nikia
Is Nikya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nikya is a girls' name.
How popular is Nikya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nikya in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nikya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Nikya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navya Anya Kavya Priya Nitya Shreya Dhara Nika Vanya Isha Prisha Krisha
Names related to Nikya
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, “Nikya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nikya, updated 20 October 2026.