Nicky
Nicky is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 471st, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959284 births
- Best rank
- #471in 1959
- Since 1917
- 9,435people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,466 boys have been named Nicky in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 284 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 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 24%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Nicky is used for both sexes: 21% of its bearers are girls (1,969), most of them born around 1980.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Nicky | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 116 | |
| 1930s | 263 | |
| 1940s | 934 | |
| 1950s | 1,639 | |
| 1960s | 1,766 | |
| 1970s | 1,294 | |
| 1980s | 579 | |
| 1990s | 390 | |
| 2000s | 273 | |
| 2010s | 134 | |
| 2020s | 73 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Nicky was the 471st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Nicky
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lonnypeak 1957
- Darylpeak 1956
- Jonpeak 1964
- Montypeak 1961
- Nickeypeak 1959
- Teddpeak 1963
- Randellpeak 1960
- Darrellpeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
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.