Nickie
Nickie was last recorded in 2016, when 5 babies were given it; 4,596 Americans have been recorded with it between 1914 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,570 Americans named Nickie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 44 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nickie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nickie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nickie is “a female given name.”
Variant of Nicky.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nickie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #18,113, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
138 babies in 1973, the peak
Nickie peaked in 1973, when 138 babies were given it (104 girls, #1,097 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #18,113 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,897 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,650 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,572 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,557 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,403 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,424 | 5 | #12,660 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,075 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,899 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,220 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (94)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | #8,400 | 6 | #9,951 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,119 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,991 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,081 | 7 | #7,870 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,977 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,797 | 6 | #8,557 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,669 | 7 | #7,515 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,933 | 6 | #8,368 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,554 | 9 | #5,993 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,266 | 6 | #7,947 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,720 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,592 | 5 | #8,836 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,392 | 6 | #6,992 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,118 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,781 | 8 | #5,188 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,436 | 6 | #6,278 |
| 1984 | 78 | #1,484 | 7 | #5,397 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,290 | 17 | #2,758 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,548 | 6 | #6,166 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,587 | 10 | #4,058 |
| 1980 | 88 | #1,416 | 15 | #3,057 |
| 1979 | 104 | #1,243 | 15 | #2,982 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,682 | 16 | #2,757 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,894 | 18 | #2,531 |
| 1976 | 84 | #1,305 | 25 | #1,974 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,472 | 19 | #2,337 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,309 | 18 | #2,331 |
| 1973 | 104 | #1,097 | 34 | #1,482 |
| 1972 | 111 | #1,047 | 22 | #1,955 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,333 | 27 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,451 | 22 | #1,918 |
| 1969 | 61 | #1,526 | 23 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,570 | 24 | #1,632 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,938 | 33 | #1,333 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,849 | 18 | #1,864 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,732 | 23 | #1,655 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,795 | 19 | #1,880 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,806 | 20 | #1,818 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,976 | 26 | #1,574 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,491 | 31 | #1,457 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,688 | 31 | #1,453 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,842 | 36 | #1,313 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,719 | 39 | #1,243 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,832 | 17 | #1,999 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,785 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,549 | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,496 | 44 | #1,132 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,578 | 32 | #1,349 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,499 | 31 | #1,368 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,548 | 30 | #1,366 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,401 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,445 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,488 | 31 | #1,312 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,433 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,236 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,566 | 31 | #1,196 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,302 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,743 | 39 | #1,099 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,903 | 21 | #1,574 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,162 | 26 | #1,324 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,075 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,122 | 14 | #1,939 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,206 | 21 | #1,510 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,537 | 13 | #2,063 |
| 1936 | under 5 | 9 | #2,569 | |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,685 | 16 | #1,813 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 12 | #2,220 | |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,094 | 10 | #2,490 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,784 | 10 | #2,584 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,177 | 15 | #1,978 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,568 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,316 | 14 | #2,166 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,570 | 10 | #2,789 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,669 | 13 | #2,378 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 9 | #3,064 | |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,931 | 6 | #4,058 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,774 | 6 | #4,200 |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,369 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 8 | #3,450 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 7 | #3,775 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 7 | #3,718 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 5 | #4,613 | |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,456 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 6 | #3,150 |
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 Nickie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,596 Americans recorded as Nickie, 69% are girls and 31% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nickie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nickie, and how old are they?
3,570 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 4,596 Americans ever recorded as Nickie. The median Nickie alive today is 53 years old; half are between 44 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 3,443 people named Nickie (2,796 women and girls, 647 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,813 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% 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 | 170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 984 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,380 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 882 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 148 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
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 Nickie born?
The states with the most babies named Nickie are California, Texas and Ohio, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 268 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 219 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 54 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 53 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 36 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 31 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 22 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Nickie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 65,693 babies since 1880, Nickie is the fourth most given (7.0% of them). In 2025 none of their 57 babies recorded by SSA was a Nickie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Nickie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Nickie and names like it
- Compare Nickie and NikkiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sNickie peaked in 1973.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nickie since 1910.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Nickie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Nickie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with NMost given first.