Nickey*
#3,147 most common boys' name of all time · #7,628 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1921–2008 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,147
Rank overall
#7,628 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,995
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1957 #1,129
Best rank
#1,037 1945
Girls
Boys
peak 60/yr
Nickey first appears in 1921. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,229 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,853 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,890 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,420 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,015 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,477 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,888 |
| 1993 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #6,974 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #6,819 |
| 1991 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #4,300 |
| 1990 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #5,097 |
| 1989 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #4,601 |
| 1988 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #4,871 |
| 1987 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,701 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | 19 | — |
| 1985 | 20 | 12 | 32 | #3,672 |
| 1984 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #3,171 |
| 1983 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #3,500 |
| 1982 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #2,639 |
| 1981 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,488 |
| 1980 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #3,944 |
| 1979 | 13 | 19 | 32 | #2,520 |
| 1978 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #2,517 |
| 1977 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #1,883 |
| 1976 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #1,731 |
| 1975 | 12 | 26 | 38 | #1,864 |
| 1974 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,566 |
| 1973 | 15 | 43 | 58 | #1,264 |
| 1972 | 16 | 31 | 47 | #1,552 |
| 1971 | 10 | 30 | 40 | #1,621 |
| 1970 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,970 |
| 1969 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,430 |
| 1968 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1967 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,128 |
| 1966 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,321 |
| 1965 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,478 |
| 1964 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,428 |
| 1963 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1962 | 11 | 38 | 49 | #1,275 |
| 1961 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,118 |
| 1960 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 13 | 47 | 60 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1955 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1954 | 7 | 48 | 55 | #1,095 |
| 1953 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,045 |
| 1952 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1951 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,081 |
| 1950 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1949 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,083 |
| 1948 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,456 |
| 1947 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1945 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,037 |
| 1944 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #1,572 |
| 1943 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,341 |
| 1942 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,357 |
| 1941 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,818 |
| 1940 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,980 |
| 1939 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,180 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,939 |
| 1934 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,556 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,342 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,705 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,424 |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,835 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,432 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,845 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,827 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,943 |