Meaning not yet researched.
Nickey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,027 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #1,027 in 1945. No US babies were recorded with the name Nickey in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #1,027 in 1945.
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Nickey: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,027 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 52 (1959).
Fewer than five US boys were named Nickey in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #1,027, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 52, in 1959. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,415 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Nickey in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #3,438, reached in 1957. The most girls given the name in a single year was 20, in 1985. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nickey in 75 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1921 with 5 babies. In all, 1,995 US babies have been given the name, 17% of them girls and 83% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 452 babies named Nickey.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Nickey.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Nicky (9,442 babies since 1880), Nicki (6,380 babies since 1880) and Nickie (4,596 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Nikkeya are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Nikkeya (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Nickey in the open dataset we use.
Nickey is listed as a nickname for Nicholette.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #12,130 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #11,635 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,932 |
| 2001 | — | — | 6 | #10,161 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #8,454 |
| 1997 | — | — | 5 | #10,324 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,073 | — | — |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #5,030 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,274 | 7 | #7,384 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,871 | 7 | #7,185 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,413 | 13 | #4,407 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,321 | 10 | #5,265 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,505 | 11 | #4,723 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,241 | 9 | #5,088 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,174 | 9 | #4,843 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,299 | — | — |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,083 | 12 | #3,738 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,224 | 14 | #3,224 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,413 | 12 | #3,559 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,983 | 18 | #2,669 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,192 | 12 | #3,548 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,674 | 10 | #4,043 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,314 | 19 | #2,526 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,354 | 18 | #2,536 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,140 | 27 | #1,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,866 | 30 | #1,733 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,061 | 26 | #1,869 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,391 | 32 | #1,569 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,107 | 43 | #1,263 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,834 | 31 | #1,553 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,399 | 30 | #1,626 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,834 | 21 | #1,973 |
| 1969 | — | — | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,689 | 27 | #1,535 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,564 | 44 | #1,122 |
| 1966 | — | — | 34 | #1,319 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,303 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1964 | — | — | 31 | #1,424 |
| 1963 | — | — | 33 | #1,372 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,199 | 38 | #1,271 |
| 1961 | — | — | 50 | #1,116 |
| 1960 | — | — | 45 | #1,173 |
| 1959 | — | — | 52 | #1,079 |
| 1958 | — | — | 50 | #1,086 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,438 | 47 | #1,125 |
| 1956 | — | — | 38 | #1,244 |
| 1955 | — | — | 34 | #1,306 |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,013 | 48 | #1,092 |
| 1953 | — | — | 49 | #1,042 |
| 1952 | — | — | 42 | #1,146 |
| 1951 | — | — | 45 | #1,079 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,415 |
| 1949 | — | — | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1948 | — | — | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,244 | 35 | #1,246 |
| 1946 | — | — | 38 | #1,141 |
| 1945 | — | — | 39 | #1,027 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,967 | 20 | #1,564 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,332 |
| 1942 | — | — | 27 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | — | — | 16 | #1,806 |
| 1940 | — | — | 14 | #1,957 |
| 1939 | — | — | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1938 | — | — | 12 | #2,149 |
| 1937 | — | — | 5 | #3,879 |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,161 | 10 | #2,513 |
| 1932 | — | — | 7 | #3,280 |
| 1931 | — | — | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,788 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,359 |
| 1926 | — | — | 9 | #3,065 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1922 | — | — | 5 | #4,773 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,784 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).