Nykia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nih-KEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Nykia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nykia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nakia or Nikia
Is Nykia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nykia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nykia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Nykia in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nykia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,924 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
Names like Nykia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiana, Brianna, Kiara, Cassidy, Kianna, Nadia, Briana, Mckenna, Makayla, Kalia, Talia, Nia
Names related to Nykia
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, “Nykia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nykia, updated 20 October 2026.