Nic — boys' name
77 babies named Nic in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Nic was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nic in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nic
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Nic between 1961 and 2015, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nic currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nic performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nic shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nic in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 77 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nic at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nic popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1961
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
77 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 10 births in a single year.
Nic by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 24 births that decade — 31% of Nic's all-time total
Nic decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Nic's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.