MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Niki mean?
Niki can be an affectionate form of Punjabi nikki, little. In northern personal use it can also evoke the word nik, good or fine, giving the feminine name both a diminutive and a favourable sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निकी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Niki in Indian usage
7,515 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,291 records (97%).
- Recorded as male: 224 records (3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 206 |
| 1950s | 257 |
| 1960s | 327 |
| 1970s | 642 |
| 1980s | 2,575 |
| 1990s | 3,358 |
| Other decades | 150 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,910 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 619 |
| Jharkhand | 559 |
| Haryana | 362 |
| Punjab | 349 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 320 |
| Rajasthan | 221 |
| Other states | 175 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001