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.

Nickan

#18,866 most common boys' name of all time · #49,282 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 2011–2022

Rank among boys
#18,866
Rank overall
#49,282 of 105,966
First appeared
2011
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
58
Since 2016
35
Peak year
2016 #9,569
Best rank
#9,569 2016
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
2020

Nickan first appears in 2011. 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
2022 — 8 8 #9,665
2020 — 6 6 #11,699
2019 — 8 8 #9,616
2018 — 5 5 #13,604
2016 — 8 8 #9,569
2015 — 7 7 #10,533
2014 — 6 6 #11,900
2013 — 5 5 #13,745
2011 — 5 5 #14,250