Nickey
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,663since 1921
Nickey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
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| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,354 | 33 | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | — | #1,108 | 50 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,167 | 45 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #1,117 | 47 |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,082 | 48 |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,070 | 45 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,430 | 26 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,297 | 26 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Nickey! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nickey is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#1,000 · 1 in 23,065
Best ever in a state: #326 in Arkansas, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,000 | 5 | 1 in 23,065 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nickey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1945 at #1,016 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,509 boys born in 1945 were named Nickey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all boys named Nickey (432) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 44 | #2,659 (1928) | #3,475 |
| 1930s | 71 | #1,297 (1939) | #2,825 |
| 1940s | 286 | #1,016 (1945) | #1,370 |
| 1950s | 432 | #1,033 (1953) | #1,151 |
| 1960s | 362 | #1,108 (1961) | #1,309 |
| 1970s | 277 | #1,253 (1973) | #1,821 |
| 1980s | 107 | #2,596 (1982) | #3,761 |
| 1990s | 61 | #4,231 (1991) | #6,379 |
| 2000s | 23 | #9,243 (2001) | #10,402 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nickey in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 61,548 of them was named Nickey, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,338Reagan34
- #1,338Tyree34
- #1,338Werner34
- #1,354Nickey33
- #1,354Abner33
- #1,354Brooke33
- #1,354Colby33
- #1,375Ari32
- #1,375Bo32
- #1,375Brennan32
Tied with 20 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.