Nike
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Given to boys 52.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 164since 1989
Nike 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 | #15,293 | 5 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Nike! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nike is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Nike in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 1996 at #3,678 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 105,239
- Highest: 1 in 105,239 boys born in 1996 were named Nike (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.7% of all boys named Nike (52) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 52 | #3,678 (1996) | #7,025 |
| 2000s | 36 | #7,055 (2002) | #10,401 |
| 2010s | 34 | #8,040 (2015) | #10,118 |
| 2020s | 37 | #7,587 (2021) | #9,657 |
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.
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