Boys' name · since 1973

Hickory

17 babies named Hickory in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,145 of 45,481
all-time among boys
17
born since 1973
2020s
peak decade

Hickory sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 1973.

Hickory has 17 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2023.

  • #30,145 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 17 born since 1973
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hickory ranks #30,145 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,145 of 45,481
all-time among boys
17
born since 1973
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Hickory's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Hickory's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Hickory splits its recorded history at 2022: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Hickory popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2023

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2023)
7
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 197320222023 7

Hickory by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).

2020s was Hickory's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Hickory births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hickory? ▼
Hickory has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1973, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #30,145 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2023. 7 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
Where does Hickory sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hickory ranks #30,145 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Hickory most popular? ▼
Hickory was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Hickory been used? ▼
Hickory has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 51 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Hickory? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hicks, Hickman, Hicham, Hickson. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Hickory: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hickory draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.