Nicky

Where Nicky comes from

Diminutives + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nicky
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Nicky through the years
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #471
    284 babies named Nicky, the most in any year.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #642.
  4. 1975
    Nicky Butt born
    English footballer
  5. 1981
    Nicky Hayden born
    American motorcycle racer
  6. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, Nicole, and Nichole.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Namesakes
  • Nicky Butt · English footballer, born 1975
  • Nicky Hayden · American motorcycle racer, 1981–2017
  • Nicky Byrne · Irish singer-songwriter, radio and TV presenter, dancer, and footballer, born 1978
  • Nicky Hilton · American socialite, born 1983
  • Nicky Shorey · English association football player, born 1981

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.