Nikiya
La Bayadère is an 1877 ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by the French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by Sergei Khudekov. The ballet was staged for the benefit performance of the Russian Prima ballerina Ekaterina Vazem, who created the principal role of Nikiya.
Meaning & Origin of Nikiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
La Bayadère is an 1877 ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by the French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by Sergei Khudekov. The ballet was staged for the benefit performance of the Russian Prima ballerina Ekaterina Vazem, who created the principal role of Nikiya.
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The Story of Nikiya
The earliest SSA record of Nikiya as a baby girl name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 40 newborns named Nikiya — #2,408 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Nikiya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Nikiya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 587 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nikiya
Nikiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 587 births in the dataset. Nikiya's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #2,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Nikiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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