Nick

Where Nick comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nick.

  • 1 syllable
Nick through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #267 among boys, with 40 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1918
    Peak, #173
    761 babies named Nick, its best rank.
  3. 1941
    Nick Nolte born
    American actor
  4. 1957
    Nick Cave born
    Australian musician and singer
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #411.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Namesakes
  • Nick Nolte · American actor, born 1941
  • Nick Cave · Australian musician and singer, born 1957
  • Nick Clegg · British politician and media executive, born 1967
  • Nick Heidfeld · German racing driver, born 1977
  • Nick Carter · American singer, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.