first name
NICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 115,412 people named Nick, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nick peaked in 1960, when 1,098 babies got the name.
At least 50,589 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #441. The largest share of babies named Nick, 24.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nick has been most common in Alaska (4.2×), New Mexico (2.4×), and Illinois (1.9×), and least common in South Carolina (0.09×).
43,521 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Nick
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nick ranks #8,743 of 156,621, with 3,601 people. See Nick as a last name
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