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.

Nickie**

#2,607 most common girls' name of all time · #4,449 across all names · 31% male / 69% female · used 1914–2016 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,607
Rank overall
#4,449 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
4,596
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1973 #1,096
Best rank
#1,046 1972
Girls Boys peak 138/yr
19201940196019802000

Nickie first appears in 1914. 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
2016 5 5 #16,394
2011 9 9 #11,246
2008 5 5 #17,704
2007 8 8 #12,773
2006 6 6 #15,283
2005 5 5 #16,641
2004 8 5 13 #11,725
2003 8 8 #11,418
2002 6 6 #13,725
2001 15 15 #6,999
2000 12 6 18 #8,091
1999 17 17 #5,931
1998 17 17 #5,837
1997 16 7 23 #5,914
1996 16 16 #5,820
1995 21 6 27 #4,701
1994 30 7 37 #3,631
1993 20 6 26 #4,852
1992 31 9 40 #3,519
1991 34 6 40 #3,229
1990 43 43 #2,701
1989 44 5 49 #2,581
1988 46 6 52 #2,378
1987 52 52 #2,103
1986 65 8 73 #1,772
1985 88 6 94 #1,431
1984 78 7 85 #1,478
1983 95 17 112 #1,285
1982 77 6 83 #1,536
1981 74 10 84 #1,584
1980 88 15 103 #1,410
1979 104 15 119 #1,239
1978 63 16 79 #1,675
1977 53 18 71 #1,887
1976 84 25 109 #1,300
1975 70 19 89 #1,467
1974 82 18 100 #1,304
1973 104 34 138 #1,096
1972 111 22 133 #1,046
1971 81 27 108 #1,327
1970 71 22 93 #1,449
1969 61 23 84 #1,522
1968 54 24 78 #1,567
1967 37 33 70 #1,936
1966 39 18 57 #1,845
1965 43 23 66 #1,730
1964 43 19 62 #1,791
1963 42 20 62 #1,802
1962 35 26 61 #1,962
1961 57 31 88 #1,489
1960 45 31 76 #1,684
1959 37 36 73 #1,837
1958 40 39 79 #1,719
1957 36 17 53 #1,829
1956 36 26 62 #1,778
1955 44 24 68 #1,549
1954 46 44 90 #1,493
1953 39 32 71 #1,576
1952 42 31 73 #1,496
1951 38 30 68 #1,542
1950 43 25 68 #1,408
1949 41 30 71 #1,445
1948 39 31 70 #1,493
1947 43 36 79 #1,428
1946 49 40 89 #1,235
1945 28 31 59 #1,573
1944 38 26 64 #1,310
1943 25 39 64 #1,742
1942 21 21 42 #1,901
1941 16 26 42 #2,164
1940 16 26 42 #2,094
1939 6 14 20 #4,025
1938 6 21 27 #4,092
1937 12 13 25 #2,534
1936 9 9
1935 11 16 27 #2,691
1934 12 12
1933 6 10 16 #4,008
1932 11 10 21 #2,778
1931 15 15 30 #2,190
1930 8 13 21 #3,564
1929 9 14 23 #3,325
1928 6 10 16 #4,481
1927 6 13 19 #4,556
1926 9 9
1925 8 6 14 #3,932
1924 13 6 19 #2,781
1923 8 8
1922 8 8
1921 7 7
1920 7 7
1918 5 5
1917 6 6 #4,404
1914 6 6