Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nic

#17,123 most common boys' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1961–2015

Rank among boys
#17,123
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #3,748
Best rank
#3,648 1961
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Nic first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2015 — 5 5 #12,404
2007 — 6 6 #11,166
2004 — 5 5 #11,710
2003 — 5 5 #11,255
1999 — 5 5 #10,271
1998 — 5 5 #10,002
1980 — 5 5 #6,716
1977 — 10 10 #3,748
1976 — 6 6 #5,295
1971 — 8 8 #3,885
1966 — 5 5 #4,437
1962 — 5 5 #4,552
1961 — 7 7 #3,648