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Nicki

Nicki: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“victory of the people”
Origin
Greek
Say it
NIK-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (95% of all uses)

Diminutive spelling of Nikki or Nicole/Nicola forms, ultimately from Greek Nikolaos. The base elements are nike 'victory' and laos 'people'.

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How popular is Nicki?

20240 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Nicki in 20240

Peak year1972

Total US babies since 18806,380

Nicki was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Nicki

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Nikkivictory of the people · Greek
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek
  • Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
  • Elenabright, shining light · Greek
  • Genesisorigin; creation; birth · Greek

Nicki questions

What does the name Nicki mean?

Nicki means "victory of the people". It comes from Greek. Diminutive spelling of Nikki or Nicole/Nicola forms, ultimately from Greek Nikolaos. The base elements are nike 'victory' and laos 'people'.

Is Nicki a boy or girl name?

Nicki is mainly a girl's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nicki?

Nicki was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1972.

How do you pronounce Nicki?

Nicki is usually pronounced NIK-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.