Nike**
#9,396 most common boys' name of all time · #23,761 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1953–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,396
Rank overall
#23,761 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
314
Since 2016
84
Peak year
1996 #3,730
Best rank
#3,730 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Nike first appears in 1953. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,068 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #9,064 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,604 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,695 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,725 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,046 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #8,188 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,427 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,059 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,820 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,152 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,780 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,668 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #7,203 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,235 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,790 |
| 1996 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #3,730 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,626 |
| 1994 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,109 |
| 1993 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,927 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,278 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |