Nick

Where Nick comes from

The dictionaries list Nick as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Nicholas — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #267 among boys — 40 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1918
    Peak, #173
    761 babies named Nick — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1941
    Nick Nolte born
    American actor
  4. 1957
    Nick Cave born
    Australian musician and singer
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #411.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Namesakes
  • Nick Nolte · American actor, born 1941
  • Nick Cave · Australian musician and singer, born 1957
  • Nick Clegg · British politician and media executive, born 1967
  • Nick Heidfeld · German racing driver, born 1977
  • Nick Carter · American singer, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.