Nickan — boys' name
58 babies named Nickan in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Nickan was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nickan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nickan
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Nickan between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nickan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nickan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nickan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nickan 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 58 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.
Nickan at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nickan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
58 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 8 births in a single year.
Nickan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 44 births that decade — 76% of Nickan's all-time total
Nickan decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nickan's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% 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, 2011–2022 (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.