Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Nicky was most popular in 1959, when 294 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,016 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,442 people named Nicky.
Nicky first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 106 of the 109 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 9,442 American births named Nicky between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 7,434 are estimated to be alive today.
8 American babies were named Nicky in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.
Nicky is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 31 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -30% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Nicky is a unisex name — 20.8% of the 9,442 Americans given it were girls and 79.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2016 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 7,434 Americans named Nicky are alive today — 79% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 55 years old, and half are between 42 and 67.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org