Nicky
Nicky was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,452 among boys’ names; 9,442 Americans have been recorded with it since 1917 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,280 Americans named Nicky and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 42 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Nicky by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Nicky mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Nicky is “a diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, Nicole, and Nichole.”
Diminutives + -y.
/ˈnɪki/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Nicky?
#9,452 among boys’ names, 2025
Nicky fell from #7,391 in 2015 to #9,452 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.7 to 4.7 per million.
294 babies in 1959, the peak
Nicky peaked in 1959, when 294 babies were given it (284 boys, #471 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 8 | #9,452 | |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,388 | 18 | #5,377 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,900 | 7 | #10,482 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,386 | 15 | #6,057 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,761 | 21 | #4,726 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,796 | 13 | #6,527 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,403 | 13 | #6,671 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,458 | 13 | #6,589 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,186 | 17 | #5,445 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,268 | 16 | #5,707 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,961 | 11 | #7,391 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,268 | 15 | #5,909 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,399 | 10 | #7,928 |
| 2012 | 18 | #7,072 | 13 | #6,548 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,898 | 7 | #10,440 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,095 | 19 | #4,973 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,593 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,916 | 29 | #3,706 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,488 | 28 | #3,762 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,536 | 35 | #3,136 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,944 | 29 | #3,426 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,428 | 31 | #3,194 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,345 | 23 | #3,806 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,616 | 26 | #3,419 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,814 | 24 | #3,583 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,047 | 27 | #3,194 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,121 | 29 | #2,913 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,872 | 31 | #2,686 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,160 | 29 | #2,726 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,220 | 40 | #2,125 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,456 | 35 | #2,279 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,337 | 29 | #2,597 |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,065 | 54 | #1,650 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,748 | 45 | #1,825 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,897 | 54 | #1,581 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,332 | 44 | #1,797 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,451 | 29 | #2,330 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,546 | 44 | #1,631 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,073 | 43 | #1,628 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,967 | 35 | #1,778 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,527 | 61 | #1,222 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,256 | 67 | #1,104 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,462 | 57 | #1,214 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,208 | 79 | #1,021 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,040 | 74 | #1,065 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,901 | 90 | #953 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,138 | 95 | #898 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,782 | 116 | #788 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,818 | 127 | #759 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,161 | 123 | #751 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,221 | 127 | #737 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,331 | 142 | #689 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,702 | 150 | #652 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,760 | 128 | #711 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,926 | 143 | #695 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,191 | 143 | #693 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,749 | 139 | #671 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,767 | 143 | #635 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,255 | 152 | #610 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,690 | 133 | #643 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,801 | 165 | #593 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,341 | 168 | #606 |
| 1963 | 18 | #3,038 | 191 | #570 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,125 | 198 | #562 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,811 | 220 | #538 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,627 | 257 | #493 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,225 | 284 | #471 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,241 | 207 | #533 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,103 | 156 | #616 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,511 | 150 | #622 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,449 | 121 | #666 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,977 | 163 | #578 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,782 | 154 | #579 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,645 | 151 | #567 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,450 | 146 | #567 |
| 1950 | 13 | #3,005 | 107 | #671 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,125 | 123 | #613 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,671 | 99 | #678 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,604 | 119 | #631 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,206 | 111 | #611 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,420 | 79 | #682 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,173 | 93 | #641 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,129 | 103 | #625 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,179 | 79 | #727 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,477 | 64 | #784 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,534 | 64 | #778 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 47 | #914 | |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,738 | 27 | #1,301 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,136 | 27 | #1,305 |
| 1936 | under 5 | 38 | #1,043 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 21 | #1,525 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 27 | #1,311 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 21 | #1,528 | |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,813 | 21 | #1,571 |
| 1931 | under 5 | 23 | #1,481 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 11 | #2,560 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 19 | #1,771 | |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,068 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,223 | 9 | #3,080 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 19 | #1,831 | |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,559 | 14 | #2,281 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,882 | 9 | #3,183 |
| 1923 | under 5 | 14 | #2,295 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 8 | #3,451 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 11 | #2,748 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,395 |
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 Nicky a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 9,442 Americans recorded as Nicky, 21% are girls and 79% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Nicky: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Nicky, and how old are they?
7,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 9,442 Americans ever recorded as Nicky. The median Nicky alive today is 55 years old; half are between 42 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 6,998 people named Nicky (2,971 women and girls, 4,027 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,689 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 265 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,390 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,250 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 639 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 331 |
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 Nicky born?
The states with the most babies named Nicky are California, Texas and New York, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 771 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 686 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 595 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 275 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 246 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 202 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 165 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 145 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 141 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 140 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Nicky is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Nicky is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1917 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Nicky 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 55,408 babies since 1880, Nicky is the third most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 3,346 babies (<1%), the sixth most given that year.
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 Nicky
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 Nicky and names like it
- Compare Nicky and NicoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sNicky peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Nicky since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Nicky.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Nicky alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.