Girl's name
Nika
Say it NEE-kuh
Roots in Greek and Slavic 2 syllables
Where Nika is loved, common and rare
Common across Slovenia, Munich and one more place. Rare in five other German cities, Austria, Switzerland and eight more places. Loved in Croatia.
1 in 4,225 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Slovenia 19thMunich 91stBerlin 140th
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Every place
In 19 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (19th), Munich (91st) and Berlin (140th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 19th 2025 | 81 | about 1 in 82 |
| Munich city | 91st 2025 | 15 | about 1 in 279 |
| Berlin city | 140th 2023 | 23 | about 1 in 631 |
| Austria | 163rd 2025 | 37 | 1 in 965 |
| Cologne city | 183rd 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,024 |
| Switzerland | 236th 2025 | 30 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Poland | 259th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 6,305 |
| Sweden | 436th 2025 | 15 | about 1 in 2,678 |
| British Columbia province | 516th 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,993 |
| Ireland | 608th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 4,225 |
| The Netherlands | 714th 2025 | 16 | about 1 in 3,813 |
| Israel ניקה | 796th 2024 | 8 | about 1 in 9,809 |
| Italy | 1025th 2024 | 9 | 1 in 19,908 |
| England and Wales | 2787th 2025 | 9 | 1 in 28,142 |
| Croatia | 1st 2025 | 372 | rank only |
| Moscow city Ника | 59th 2025 | 212 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
| Bonn city | 249th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,508 |
| Leipzig city | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ontario, Quebec, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, France, Norway, Spain, Catalonia and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
In Serbo-Croatian and Slovak, Nika comes from the Ancient Greek Nike, the name of the goddess of victory in Greek mythology. In Slovak it can also be a shortened form of Dominika. No separate meaning is attested for Nika as a given name.
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Said NEE-kuh, it has two syllables with the stress on the first and a crisp, lively sound. Nike and Nica are closely related forms.
Nika is the most popular girls' name in Croatia and is a top-20 name in Slovenia, and it is also used in Austria. In the English-speaking world it is much rarer, found in British Columbia, Ireland and England and Wales. In Canada it reached its peak around 2011, and across its range it is rising in slightly more places than it is falling, keeping it firmly in favour in south-eastern Europe.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- NEE-kuh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Greek and Slavic
- Other spellings
- Nike
- Nica
Etymology
In Serbo-Croatian and Slovak, from Ancient Greek Nike (the goddess); in Slovak also a clipping of Dominika.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 8 of 14 regions, falling in 5.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 1749 | 1911 | 2340 | 1940 | 2300 | 1866 | 1948 | 2201 | 2771 | 2787 |
| Ireland | 661 | 716 | 634 | 608 | ||||||
| Ontario | 996 | 871 | 656 | 832 | 650 | 1146 | 834 | 846 | ||
| British Columbia | 661 | 518 | 586 | 547 | 516 | |||||
| Quebec | 730 | 799 | ||||||||
| France | 3443 | |||||||||
| The Netherlands | 260 | 358 | 340 | 369 | 355 | 521 | 552 | 452 | 714 | |
| Austria | 282 | 249 | 227 | 176 | 248 | 216 | 154 | 160 | 181 | 163 |
| Switzerland | 373 | 822 | 503 | 343 | 473 | 276 | 255 | 391 | 203 | 236 |
| Berlin | 283 | 197 | 266 | 172 | 183 | 132 | 191 | 140 | ||
| Munich | 185 | 164 | 206 | 136 | 142 | 124 | 110 | 172 | 110 | 91 |
| Cologne | 236 | 219 | 191 | 174 | 134 | 170 | 104 | 183 | ||
| Bonn | 512 | 222 | 134 | 158 | 132 | 110 | 117 | 236 | 115 | 249 |
| Leipzig | 192 | 411 | 189 | 243 | 161 | 262 | 389 | 361 | 357 | 344 |
| Rostock | 283 | 197 | 174 | 158 | 166 | |||||
| Sweden | 613 | 627 | 512 | 501 | 610 | 459 | 436 | |||
| Catalonia | 615 | 613 | 541 | 610 | ||||||
| Italy | 1245 | 1556 | 1215 | 1025 | ||||||
| Poland | 258 | 283 | 239 | 245 | 231 | 214 | 223 | 210 | 223 | 259 |
| Slovenia | 10 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 19 |
| Moscow | 44 | 38 | 40 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 59 | ||
| Croatia | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Israel | 509 | 508 | 621 | 554 | 594 | 717 | 1057 | 649 | 796 |
England and Wales, 1999 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2787 | 9 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 2771 | 9 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 2201 | 12 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 1948 | 14 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 1866 | 15 | 5.5 |
| 2020 | 2300 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 1940 | 14 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 2340 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 1911 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | 1749 | 17 | 5.5 |
| 2015 | 2195 | 12 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | 1562 | 19 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 1639 | 18 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | 2215 | 12 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 1545 | 19 | 5.9 |
| 2010 | 2235 | 11 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 2326 | 10 | 3.2 |
| 2008 | 1815 | 14 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 1965 | 12 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 2137 | 10 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | 3382 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 3725 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 3099 | 5 | 1.8 |
| 1999 | 3225 | 4 | 1.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Nika in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2015. First recorded in 2002. Her peak year there: 2011, at 33.0 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Nika per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2011 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Nika
1 in 4,225 in Ireland
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 7,449 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 4,690 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 3,578 in Scotland
1 in 188 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Nika.
1 in 1,408 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Nika.
Middle names for Nika
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Nika Grace
2-1 beats · initials NG
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Nika Olivia
2-4 beats · initials NO · Nika slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Nika slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Nika Sophia
2-3 beats · initials NS
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Nika Maria
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Nika Rose
2-1 beats · initials NR
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Nika Emily
2-3 beats · initials NE · Nika slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Nika slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Nika Julia
2-3 beats · initials NJ
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Nika Miriam
2-3 beats · initials NM
Changes the beat after Nika: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Nika
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 3,521 in Ireland
82% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
82% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 4,473 in Scotland
81% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 1,218 in England and Wales
81% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
80% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
79% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 960 in Ireland
78% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
77% alike: moves with Nika across countries and decades.
Famous people named Nika
Nika Futterman, Nika Vodan, Nika Prevc, Nika Turković and Nika Turbina.
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American actress (born 1969)
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Slovenian ski jumper born 2000
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Slovenian ski jumper born 2005
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Croatian singer born 1995
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Russian poet (1974–2002)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Nika
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Nika?
Her best rank is No. 1 in Croatia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 19 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Nika?
NEE-kuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Nika getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 8 of 14 regions, falling in 5.
Which sister names go with Nika?
The deck's top five sisters for Nika: Sofija, Ariana, Teodora, Ela and Gabriela. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.