Total births
17
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.
- 17
- total births
- 1973–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that 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.
- 17 total births
- 1973–2023 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
17 boys have been named Hickory since 1973, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2023.
- 17
- total births
- 1973–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
71% of everyone ever named Hickory was born in this single decade.
2023
Single peak year
7 babies were named Hickory in 2023 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
2023
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1973
Hickory popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Hickory by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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 last appearance in the data was 2023. 7 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
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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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Hickory: Baby Name Since 1973 - 17 Births, Peak 2023." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/hickory. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.