Nicky**
#1,218 most common boys' name of all time · #2,912 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1917–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,218
Rank overall
#2,912 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
9,442
Since 2016
227
Peak year
1959 #471
Best rank
#471 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 294/yr
Nicky first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,005 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #5,272 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,860 |
| 2022 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #5,921 |
| 2021 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #4,650 |
| 2020 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #6,328 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,459 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,401 |
| 2017 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #5,605 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #7,122 |
| 2014 | 26 | 15 | 41 | #5,776 |
| 2013 | 33 | 10 | 43 | #7,606 |
| 2012 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #6,355 |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,734 |
| 2010 | 13 | 19 | 32 | #4,875 |
| 2009 | 17 | 21 | 38 | #4,613 |
| 2008 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #3,665 |
| 2007 | 21 | 28 | 49 | #3,714 |
| 2006 | 20 | 35 | 55 | #3,099 |
| 2005 | 21 | 29 | 50 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #3,168 |
| 2003 | 13 | 23 | 36 | #3,754 |
| 2002 | 21 | 26 | 47 | #3,368 |
| 2001 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #3,536 |
| 2000 | 15 | 27 | 42 | #3,168 |
| 1999 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #2,887 |
| 1998 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #2,669 |
| 1997 | 20 | 29 | 49 | #2,697 |
| 1996 | 19 | 40 | 59 | #2,126 |
| 1995 | 23 | 35 | 58 | #2,268 |
| 1994 | 24 | 29 | 53 | #2,572 |
| 1993 | 26 | 54 | 80 | #1,647 |
| 1992 | 29 | 45 | 74 | #1,830 |
| 1991 | 27 | 54 | 81 | #1,580 |
| 1990 | 33 | 44 | 77 | #1,791 |
| 1989 | 30 | 29 | 59 | #2,319 |
| 1988 | 27 | 44 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1987 | 31 | 43 | 74 | #1,620 |
| 1986 | 56 | 35 | 91 | #1,773 |
| 1985 | 39 | 61 | 100 | #1,222 |
| 1984 | 44 | 67 | 111 | #1,106 |
| 1983 | 38 | 57 | 95 | #1,216 |
| 1982 | 46 | 79 | 125 | #1,022 |
| 1981 | 29 | 74 | 103 | #1,063 |
| 1980 | 57 | 90 | 147 | #948 |
| 1979 | 47 | 95 | 142 | #897 |
| 1978 | 30 | 116 | 146 | #788 |
| 1977 | 29 | 127 | 156 | #759 |
| 1976 | 40 | 123 | 163 | #752 |
| 1975 | 38 | 127 | 165 | #739 |
| 1974 | 34 | 142 | 176 | #689 |
| 1973 | 53 | 150 | 203 | #651 |
| 1972 | 50 | 128 | 178 | #712 |
| 1971 | 45 | 143 | 188 | #696 |
| 1970 | 37 | 143 | 180 | #693 |
| 1969 | 24 | 139 | 163 | #672 |
| 1968 | 22 | 143 | 165 | #635 |
| 1967 | 29 | 152 | 181 | #611 |
| 1966 | 13 | 133 | 146 | #643 |
| 1965 | 20 | 165 | 185 | #593 |
| 1964 | 16 | 168 | 184 | #606 |
| 1963 | 18 | 191 | 209 | #570 |
| 1962 | 17 | 198 | 215 | #562 |
| 1961 | 20 | 220 | 240 | #538 |
| 1960 | 22 | 257 | 279 | #493 |
| 1959 | 10 | 284 | 294 | #471 |
| 1958 | 26 | 207 | 233 | #534 |
| 1957 | 28 | 156 | 184 | #616 |
| 1956 | 21 | 150 | 171 | #623 |
| 1955 | 21 | 121 | 142 | #667 |
| 1954 | 15 | 163 | 178 | #579 |
| 1953 | 16 | 154 | 170 | #580 |
| 1952 | 17 | 151 | 168 | #568 |
| 1951 | 18 | 146 | 164 | #572 |
| 1950 | 13 | 107 | 120 | #673 |
| 1949 | 12 | 123 | 135 | #614 |
| 1948 | 15 | 99 | 114 | #679 |
| 1947 | 16 | 119 | 135 | #633 |
| 1946 | 19 | 111 | 130 | #613 |
| 1945 | 14 | 79 | 93 | #683 |
| 1944 | 17 | 93 | 110 | #641 |
| 1943 | 18 | 103 | 121 | #627 |
| 1942 | 17 | 79 | 96 | #728 |
| 1941 | 8 | 64 | 72 | #785 |
| 1940 | 12 | 64 | 76 | #781 |
| 1939 | — | 47 | 47 | #915 |
| 1938 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1937 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1936 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,049 |
| 1935 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1934 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1933 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,539 |
| 1932 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #1,581 |
| 1931 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,487 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,597 |
| 1929 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,792 |
| 1928 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #2,383 |
| 1927 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #3,130 |
| 1926 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1925 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,308 |
| 1924 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #3,238 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,329 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,499 |
| 1921 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,802 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,540 |