Vickey

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #12,070 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 97.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1957 · 395 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,807
since 1916

Vickey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vickey has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #476, 1957girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1956#514331#2,26313
1955#549276#3,2017
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Vickey! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Vickey is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNHWashington: #479 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,773 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedMNIllinois: #576 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,070 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedWIMichigan: #612 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,443 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,606 girlsINOhio: #440 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,369 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #565 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,518 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNEMissouri: #327 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,199 girlsMOKentucky: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,193 girlsKYWest Virginia: #337 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,844 girlsWVVirginia: #344 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsVAMaryland: #457 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,894 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedKSArkansas: #303 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,098 girlsARTennessee: #245 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,828 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #348 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,045 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #346 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,630 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #265 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,858 girlsOKLouisiana: #550 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,625 girlsLAMississippi: #430 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,828 girlsMSAlabama: #263 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsALGeorgia: #343 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,919 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedHITexas: #393 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 3,103 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vickey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#245 · 1 in 1,828
  2. Alabama#263 · 1 in 1,745
  3. Oklahoma#265 · 1 in 1,858
  4. Arkansas#303 · 1 in 2,098
  5. Missouri#327 · 1 in 3,199

Best ever in a state: #197 in Oklahoma, 1957.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#245211 in 1,828
Alabama#263211 in 1,745
Oklahoma#265121 in 1,858
Arkansas#30391 in 2,098
Missouri#327141 in 3,199
West Virginia#33771 in 2,844
Georgia#343161 in 2,919
Virginia#344131 in 3,179
South Carolina#346111 in 2,630
North Carolina#348171 in 3,045
Indiana#350141 in 3,606
Texas#393371 in 3,103
Kentucky#39981 in 4,193
Mississippi#43071 in 3,828
Ohio#440201 in 5,369
Maryland#45751 in 5,894
Washington#47961 in 4,773
Louisiana#55071 in 5,625
California#565241 in 6,518
Illinois#576131 in 8,070
Michigan#61291 in 10,443
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See more about Vickey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1945 (#1,072 → #842)
  • Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1969 (#966 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1957 at #476 (395 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1945–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,177
  • Highest: 1 in 5,177 girls born in 1957 were named Vickey (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 290,118 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 45.6% of all girls named Vickey (2,650) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,417 (1916)#4,417
1920s57#3,116 (1925)#3,943
1930s52#2,125 (1939)#3,208
1940s654#776 (1949)#1,211
1950s2,650#476 (1957)#574
1960s1,786#614 (1960)#812
1970s449#1,154 (1970)#2,373
1980s120#4,148 (1980)#6,552
1990s34#8,588 (1991)#10,888

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.

Vickey in 1956

girls
#514
331 births · 1 in 6,066 girls
boys
#2,263
13 births · 1 in 162,716 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #514Vickey331

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #2,263Vickey13
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,066 of them was named Vickey, which outranked 92.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vickey
  1. #511Darcy334
  2. #512Charmaine333
  3. #512Dinah333
  4. #514Vickey331
  5. #515Sallie330
  6. #516Lula329
  7. #517Fay328
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 162,716 of them was named Vickey, which outranked 49.2% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vickey
  1. #2,168Winifred14
  2. #2,168Zackary14
  3. #2,168Zebedee14
  4. #2,263Vickey13
  5. #2,263Alois13
  6. #2,263Anita13
  7. #2,263Antonia13
  8. #2,361Adonis12
  9. #2,361Adron12
  10. #2,361Alston12

Tied with 97 names at #2,263; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →