Nick
Nick is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 130 births. Its best rank was 173rd, in 1918.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1300.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19601,099 births
- Best rank
- #173in 1918
- Since 1880
- 50,328people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,328 boys have been named Nick in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 1,099 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1960s alone account for 16%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nick | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | |
| 1890s | 346 | |
| 1900s | 588 | |
| 1910s | 4,683 | |
| 1920s | 6,832 | |
| 1930s | 4,673 | |
| 1940s | 5,120 | |
| 1950s | 5,695 | |
| 1960s | 8,003 | |
| 1970s | 4,890 | |
| 1980s | 2,728 | |
| 1990s | 1,987 | |
| 2000s | 2,171 | |
| 2010s | 1,556 | |
| 2020s | 662 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Nick was the 242nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Nick
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Myronpeak 1930
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Mauricepeak 1921
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Daviepeak 1955
- Lorinpeak 1965
- Norrispeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.