Nickey
Nickey was last recorded in 2008, when 6 babies were given it; 1,995 Americans have been recorded with it between 1921 and 2008 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,450 Americans named Nickey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 47 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nickey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Nickey?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,123, in 2008; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
60 babies in 1957, the peak
Nickey peaked in 1957, when 60 babies were given it (47 boys, #1,124 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | under 5 | 6 | #12,123 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #11,628 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #11,925 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 6 | #10,154 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 7 | #8,447 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 5 | #10,318 | |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,067 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 12 | #5,024 | |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,268 | 7 | #7,378 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,864 | 7 | #7,178 |
Every recorded year (75)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10 | #8,406 | 13 | #4,400 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,315 | 10 | #5,258 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,499 | 11 | #4,717 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,234 | 9 | #5,082 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,169 | 9 | #4,836 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,296 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,082 | 12 | #3,735 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,222 | 14 | #3,222 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,412 | 12 | #3,558 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,981 | 18 | #2,668 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,190 | 12 | #3,546 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,673 | 10 | #4,042 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,313 | 19 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,352 | 18 | #2,535 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,138 | 27 | #1,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,864 | 30 | #1,732 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,059 | 26 | #1,868 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,389 | 32 | #1,569 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,106 | 43 | #1,263 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,834 | 31 | #1,553 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,397 | 30 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,833 | 21 | #1,972 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 32 | #1,428 | |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,688 | 27 | #1,534 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,563 | 44 | #1,122 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 34 | #1,318 | |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,302 | 28 | #1,471 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 31 | #1,423 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 33 | #1,371 | |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,198 | 38 | #1,270 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 50 | #1,115 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 45 | #1,172 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 52 | #1,078 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 50 | #1,085 | |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,437 | 47 | #1,124 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 38 | #1,243 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 34 | #1,305 | |
| 1954 | 7 | #5,011 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 49 | #1,041 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 42 | #1,145 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 45 | #1,078 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 27 | #1,414 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 43 | #1,079 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 26 | #1,450 | |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,242 | 35 | #1,245 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 38 | #1,140 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 39 | #1,026 | |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,965 | 20 | #1,563 |
| 1943 | under 5 | 28 | #1,331 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 27 | #1,349 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 16 | #1,806 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 14 | #1,957 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 26 | #1,313 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 12 | #2,149 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 5 | #3,877 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,159 | 10 | #2,513 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 7 | #3,279 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 6 | #3,649 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 5 | #4,382 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 10 | #2,788 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 8 | #3,358 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 9 | #3,063 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 7 | #3,740 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 5 | #4,771 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,782 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Nickey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,995 Americans recorded as Nickey, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nickey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nickey, and how old are they?
1,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 1,995 Americans ever recorded as Nickey. The median Nickey alive today is 58 years old; half are between 47 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,244 people named Nickey (400 women and girls, 844 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,583 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 71 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 543 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 525 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 277 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 34 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Nickey born?
The states with the most babies named Nickey are Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 112 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 56 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 23 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 21 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 16 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Nickey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Nickey?
Nickey is a less common spelling of Nicky: SSA has recorded 1,995 Nickey and 9,442 Nicky since 1880.
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 12,050 babies since 1880, Nickey is the second most given (17% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Nickey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1920-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Nicky | 9,442 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Nickey and names like it
- Compare Nickey and NickyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sNickey peaked in 1957.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nickey since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Nickey.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Nickey alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.