Nicky

Where Nicky comes from

Diminutives + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nicky
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #471
    284 babies named Nicky — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.