MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nikki mean?
Punjabi nikkī is the feminine adjective for little or small. As an affectionate name it uses an everyday size word in family address.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निक्की
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਨਿੱਕੀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nikki in Indian usage
22,199 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 19,997 records (90.1%).
- Recorded as male: 2,202 records (9.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 215 |
| 1950s | 228 |
| 1960s | 372 |
| 1970s | 1,071 |
| 1980s | 6,894 |
| 1990s | 13,255 |
| Other decades | 164 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 12,381 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,613 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,447 |
| Haryana | 978 |
| Jharkhand | 940 |
| Rajasthan | 779 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 716 |
| Other states | 345 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Nikki / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Nikki; Table_6, C7096 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Nikki; Table_6, C7096