Meaning not yet researched.
Nicky: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #471 in 1959.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #471 in 1959; #9,456 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Nicky in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,456 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1959, at #471.
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Nicky: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 boys in 2025. Peak: #471 in 1959 · most boys in one year: 284 (1959).
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Nicky, making it the 9,456th most common boys’ name of the year, down 4,075 places from #5,381 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 18 boys named Nicky in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #471, reached in 1959. That year also had the most boys given the name: 284. For comparison, it was #7,396 in 2015 and #672 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Nicky in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,702, reached in 1973. The most girls given the name in a single year was 57, in 1980. For comparison, it was #9,966 in 2015 and #3,006 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Nicky in 106 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1917 with 5 babies. In all, 9,442 US babies have been given the name, 21% of them girls and 79% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 1,967 babies named Nicky.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 141 US boys were named Nicky; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 213,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Nikki (41,005 babies since 1880), Nicola (8,090 babies since 1880), Nickie (4,596 babies since 1880) and Niki (7,277 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Nickeya, Nickea and Nickiya are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Nickeya (55), Nickea (19), Nickiya (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.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 8 | #9,456 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,393 | 18 | #5,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,905 | 7 | #10,487 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,391 | 15 | #6,062 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,766 | 21 | #4,730 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,801 | 13 | #6,531 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,408 | 13 | #6,676 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,463 | 13 | #6,593 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,190 | 17 | #5,449 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,271 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,966 | 11 | #7,396 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,270 | 15 | #5,913 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,401 | 10 | #7,933 |
| 2012 | 18 | #7,076 | 13 | #6,554 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,905 | 7 | #10,447 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,099 | 19 | #4,976 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,596 | 21 | #4,699 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,920 | 29 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,492 | 28 | #3,764 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,538 | 35 | #3,137 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,949 | 29 | #3,430 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,433 | 31 | #3,198 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,350 | 23 | #3,811 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,620 | 26 | #3,424 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,821 | 24 | #3,588 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,054 | 27 | #3,200 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,127 | 29 | #2,917 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,879 | 31 | #2,689 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,164 | 29 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,225 | 40 | #2,130 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,461 | 35 | #2,284 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,342 | 29 | #2,602 |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,070 | 54 | #1,655 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,753 | 45 | #1,830 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,903 | 54 | #1,587 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,337 | 44 | #1,802 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,457 | 29 | #2,336 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,551 | 44 | #1,636 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,076 | 43 | #1,630 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,968 | 35 | #1,780 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,528 | 61 | #1,223 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,257 | 67 | #1,105 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,463 | 57 | #1,214 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,208 | 79 | #1,021 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,040 | 74 | #1,065 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,901 | 90 | #953 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,138 | 95 | #898 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,782 | 116 | #788 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,819 | 127 | #759 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,161 | 123 | #751 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,221 | 127 | #737 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,331 | 142 | #689 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,702 | 150 | #652 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,760 | 128 | #711 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,926 | 143 | #695 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,191 | 143 | #693 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,749 | 139 | #671 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,767 | 143 | #635 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,255 | 152 | #610 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,691 | 133 | #643 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,802 | 165 | #593 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,342 | 168 | #606 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,039 | 191 | #570 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,126 | 198 | #562 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,812 | 220 | #538 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,628 | 257 | #493 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,226 | 284 | #471 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,242 | 207 | #534 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,104 | 156 | #617 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,512 | 150 | #623 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,450 | 121 | #667 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,978 | 163 | #579 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,783 | 154 | #580 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,646 | 151 | #568 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,451 | 146 | #568 |
| 1950 | 13 | #3,006 | 107 | #672 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,126 | 123 | #614 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,672 | 99 | #679 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,605 | 119 | #631 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,207 | 111 | #611 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,421 | 79 | #682 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,174 | 93 | #641 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,130 | 103 | #625 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,180 | 79 | #727 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,479 | 64 | #784 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,535 | 64 | #778 |
| 1939 | — | — | 47 | #914 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,740 | 27 | #1,301 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,138 | 27 | #1,305 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1935 | — | — | 21 | #1,525 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,311 |
| 1933 | — | — | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,815 | 21 | #1,571 |
| 1931 | — | — | 23 | #1,481 |
| 1930 | — | — | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,070 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,225 | 9 | #3,081 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,831 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,561 | 14 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,884 | 9 | #3,184 |
| 1923 | — | — | 14 | #2,296 |
| 1922 | — | — | 8 | #3,453 |
| 1921 | — | — | 11 | #2,749 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,396 |
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).