Vickey — girls' name
5,807 babies named Vickey in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Vickey was born in this single decade.
395 babies were named Vickey in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vickey
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,807 babies named Vickey between 1916 and 1997, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vickey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 395 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vickey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,650 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Vickey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 554 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Vickey in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vickey 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 5,807 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.
Vickey at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vickey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1916
- Peak year (1957)
- 395
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
5,807 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 395 births in a single year.
Vickey popularity over time — boys
140 total births recorded since 1944 (Vickey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Vickey accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vickey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 2,650 births that decade — 46% of Vickey's all-time total
Vickey decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,650 births
- Runner-up 1,786 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Vickey's strongest decade
2,650 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Vickey by state
Where Vickey concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 554 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 308 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 303 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 286 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 248 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 240 | 4.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 237 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 227 | 3.9% |
554 of 5,807 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 5.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.9% of nationwide
- Alabama 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Vickey appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1916–1997 (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.