Nickie
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 68.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 111 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,158since 1917
Nickie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 88 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #1,475 | 78 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #1,408 | 88 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #1,238 | 104 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,095 | 104 | #1,464 | 34 |
| 1972 | #1,045 | 111 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #1,517 | 61 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Nickie! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1972 at #1,045 (111 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,705
- Highest: 1 in 13,705 girls born in 1972 were named Nickie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 26.1% of all girls named Nickie (823) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
- Mostly boys until 1945, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,661 (1924) | #3,589 |
| 1930s | 75 | #2,105 (1931) | #3,062 |
| 1940s | 316 | #1,229 (1946) | #1,608 |
| 1950s | 401 | #1,396 (1950) | #1,609 |
| 1960s | 456 | #1,481 (1961) | #1,721 |
| 1970s | 823 | #1,045 (1972) | #1,375 |
| 1980s | 707 | #1,283 (1983) | #1,752 |
| 1990s | 245 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,586 |
| 2000s | 73 | #6,956 (2001) | #12,591 |
| 2010s | 14 | #11,181 (2011) | #13,698 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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