Nicky
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 79.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 284 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,475since 1917
Nicky 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #1,638 | 54 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #1,820 | 45 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #1,618 | 44 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #1,612 | 43 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #1,214 | 61 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 | #1,205 | 57 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #1,019 | 79 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #1,062 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | #945 | 90 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | #895 | 95 |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | #786 | 116 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | #758 | 127 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | #748 | 123 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | #736 | 127 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | #686 | 142 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 | #648 | 150 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 | #707 | 128 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #692 | 143 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #692 | 143 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #670 | 139 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #634 | 143 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | #608 | 152 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #642 | 133 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #593 | 165 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #606 | 168 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #569 | 191 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | #561 | 198 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | #537 | 220 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | #493 | 257 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #471 | 284 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | #534 | 207 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #615 | 156 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #622 | 150 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #663 | 121 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #578 | 163 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #579 | 154 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #568 | 151 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #566 | 146 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #672 | 107 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #613 | 123 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #678 | 99 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #631 | 119 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #611 | 111 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #676 | 79 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #639 | 93 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 | #623 | 103 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #722 | 79 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #778 | 64 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #770 | 64 |
| 1939 | — | #904 | 47 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Nicky! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nicky is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#354 · 1 in 3,824
- Alabama#424 · 1 in 4,574
- Louisiana#640 · 1 in 7,312
- Ohio#692 · 1 in 16,316
- California#876 · 1 in 16,022
Best ever in a state: #207 in New Mexico, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #354 | 6 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Alabama | #424 | 6 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Louisiana | #640 | 5 | 1 in 7,312 |
| Ohio | #692 | 5 | 1 in 16,316 |
| California | #876 | 12 | 1 in 16,022 |
| New York | #986 | 6 | 1 in 18,756 |
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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 Nicky
- 3,669 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #8,910)
- 2,614 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #8,910)
- 1,844 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1939 (#1,275 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1981 (#945 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1959 at #471 (284 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1939–1980
- Highest: 1 in 7,516 boys born in 1959 were named Nicky (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.6% of all boys named Nicky (1,766) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,981 (1917) | #3,981 |
| 1920s | 116 | #1,731 (1929) | #2,447 |
| 1930s | 263 | #904 (1939) | #1,423 |
| 1940s | 934 | #611 (1946) | #674 |
| 1950s | 1,639 | #471 (1959) | #587 |
| 1960s | 1,766 | #493 (1960) | #591 |
| 1970s | 1,294 | #648 (1973) | #735 |
| 1980s | 579 | #945 (1980) | #1,382 |
| 1990s | 390 | #1,573 (1991) | #2,193 |
| 2000s | 273 | #3,083 (2006) | #3,529 |
| 2010s | 134 | #4,848 (2010) | #6,469 |
| 2020s | 82 | #4,628 (2021) | #6,785 |
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.
Nicky in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 29,128 of them was named Nicky, which outranked 84.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,863Teena58
- #1,863Tenika58
- #1,863Yasmine58
- #1,886Nicky57
- #1,886Ambrosia57
- #1,886Cammie57
- #1,886Corrin57
- #1,904Allegra56
- #1,904Annabelle56
- #1,904Antonio56
Tied with 17 names at #1,886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 19,822 of them was named Nicky, which outranked 87.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).