Nicky — #5252 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nicky

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,466 babies named Nicky between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nicky currently holds the #5252 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 284 babies received it in a single year. Nicky is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,969 additional births since 1924.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicky performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,766 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Nicky shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 650 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nicky in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nicky 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 7,466 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.