How rare is the name Nicky?

6,998 people in the United States have the first name Nicky, about 1 in 43,160. It ranks #3,133 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NICKY

#3,133

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,998
About
1 in 43,160
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 6,998 people named Nicky, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 12.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 11% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 57.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nicky peaked in 1959, when 294 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1959
Births that year
294
In 2025*
8 ▼97%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 9,442 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.

Nicky by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,234. The largest share of babies named Nicky, 36.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1920s#4,293144
1930s#2,542283
1940s#1,3371,082
1950s#1,2341,824
1960s#1,2541,967
1970s#1,4431,697
1980s#2,207976
1990s#3,723614
2000s#5,867438
2010s#8,401280
2020s#9,665132
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459.4%
Baby boom 1946–6436.7%
Generation X 1965–8028.4%
Millennials 1981–9613.9%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later3.5%

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 Nicky is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nicky has been most common in Tennessee (2.7×), Arkansas (2.4×), and Oklahoma (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.22×).

4,294 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 Nicky

#3,131 Veda · 7,001#3,132 Le · 7,000#3,134 Sarahi · 6,994#3,135 Lorri · 6,992

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nicky, most common first.

#489 Nick · 115,412#3,177 Nicki · 6,844#10,611 Nickey · 1,244#22,868 Nikky · 432#23,303 Nicko · 421#40,711 Niky · 182#49,173 Nicey · 127

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