Nick
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · #1,443 for boys in 2025, 124 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1918 · 761 births
- Debut · boys
- 40 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 50,457since 1880
Nick over time
Rank among boys' names. Nick has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,443 | 124 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,418 | 130 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,328 | 143 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,366 | 137 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,378 | 133 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,415 | 122 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,303 | 141 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,418 | 123 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,245 | 147 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,116 | 175 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,210 | 152 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,184 | 157 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,075 | 174 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,161 | 157 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,159 | 154 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,092 | 176 | |
| 2009 | — | #998 | 197 | |
| 2008 | — | #890 | 236 | |
| 2007 | — | #887 | 227 | |
| 2006 | — | #812 | 251 | |
| 2005 | — | #811 | 233 | |
| 2004 | — | #853 | 208 | |
| 2003 | — | #852 | 203 | |
| 2002 | — | #830 | 201 | |
| 2001 | — | #826 | 198 | |
| 2000 | — | #765 | 217 | |
| 1999 | — | #777 | 204 | |
| 1998 | — | #827 | 179 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #827 | 173 | |
| 1995 | — | #725 | 217 | |
| 1994 | — | #745 | 197 | |
| 1993 | — | #704 | 217 | |
| 1992 | — | #687 | 226 | |
| 1991 | — | #721 | 197 | |
| 1990 | — | #662 | 232 | |
| 1989 | — | #630 | 251 | |
| 1988 | — | #605 | 241 | |
| 1987 | — | #549 | 274 | |
| 1986 | — | #520 | 292 | |
| 1985 | — | #550 | 255 | |
| 1984 | — | #508 | 278 | |
| 1983 | — | #519 | 259 | |
| 1982 | — | #521 | 267 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #487 | 293 |
| 1980 | — | #470 | 317 | |
| 1979 | — | #411 | 373 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #389 | 402 |
| 1977 | — | #379 | 425 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #382 | 405 |
| 1975 | — | #370 | 447 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #344 | 504 |
| 1973 | — | #320 | 550 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #325 | 553 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #330 | 565 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #303 | 666 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #297 | 655 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #285 | 665 |
| 1967 | — | #276 | 682 | |
| 1966 | — | #279 | 685 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #281 | 718 |
| 1964 | — | #273 | 798 | |
| 1963 | — | #261 | 871 | |
| 1962 | — | #257 | 896 | |
| 1961 | — | #256 | 936 | |
| 1960 | — | #242 | 1,098 | |
| 1959 | — | #247 | 1,054 | |
| 1958 | — | #266 | 848 | |
| 1957 | — | #282 | 690 | |
| 1956 | — | #335 | 493 | |
| 1955 | — | #338 | 471 | |
| 1954 | — | #342 | 430 | |
| 1953 | — | #340 | 419 | |
| 1952 | — | #339 | 420 | |
| 1951 | — | #323 | 448 | |
| 1950 | — | #329 | 422 | |
| 1949 | — | #326 | 446 | |
| 1948 | — | #293 | 547 | |
| 1947 | — | #264 | 646 | |
| 1946 | — | #267 | 565 | |
| 1945 | — | #265 | 491 | |
| 1944 | — | #266 | 498 | |
| 1943 | — | #252 | 558 | |
| 1942 | — | #258 | 520 | |
| 1941 | — | #273 | 440 | |
| 1940 | — | #276 | 409 | |
| 1939 | — | #272 | 405 | |
| 1938 | — | #278 | 400 | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #275 | 395 |
| 1936 | — | #262 | 421 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #255 | 456 |
| 1934 | — | #247 | 465 | |
| 1933 | — | #231 | 499 | |
| 1932 | — | #241 | 490 | |
| 1931 | — | #231 | 512 | |
| 1930 | — | #209 | 630 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #216 | 588 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #217 | 604 |
| 1927 | — | #216 | 616 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #213 | 642 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #203 | 691 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #189 | 747 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #198 | 690 |
| 1922 | — | #178 | 790 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #182 | 765 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #193 | 699 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #187 | 682 |
| 1918 | — | #173 | 761 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #177 | 705 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #182 | 656 |
| 1915 | — | #177 | 642 | |
| 1914 | — | #196 | 425 | |
| 1913 | — | #211 | 310 | |
| 1912 | — | #219 | 248 | |
| 1911 | — | #220 | 130 | |
| 1910 | — | #208 | 124 | |
| 1909 | — | #249 | 79 | |
| 1908 | — | #227 | 84 | |
| 1907 | — | #231 | 77 | |
| 1906 | — | #237 | 67 | |
| 1905 | — | #274 | 52 | |
| 1904 | — | #254 | 57 | |
| 1903 | — | #273 | 46 | |
| 1902 | — | #317 | 37 | |
| 1901 | — | #272 | 40 | |
| 1900 | — | #297 | 49 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #316 | 37 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #340 | 29 | |
| 1894 | — | #285 | 38 | |
| 1893 | — | #383 | 22 | |
| 1892 | — | #303 | 37 | |
| 1891 | — | #251 | 40 | |
| 1890 | — | #252 | 45 | |
| 1889 | — | #288 | 34 | |
| 1888 | — | #252 | 48 | |
| 1887 | — | #307 | 29 | |
| 1886 | — | #251 | 47 | |
| 1885 | — | #268 | 38 | |
| 1884 | — | #247 | 48 | |
| 1883 | — | #275 | 36 | |
| 1882 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1881 | — | #252 | 39 | |
| 1880 | — | #267 | 40 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nick was already there! It came in at #267, and was given to 40 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.
See more about Nick
- 25 spots since 2024 (#1,418 → #1,443)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#1,415 → #1,443)
- 233 spots since 2015 (#1,210 → #1,443)
- Biggest jump: 98 spots in 1894 (#383 → #285)
- Biggest drop: 108 spots in 2009 (#890 → #998)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #173 (761 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 61 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1880–2009
- Highest: 1 in 1,313 boys born in 1917 were named Nick (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,775 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #173 in 1918, was only 1 in 1,332 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.9% of all boys named Nick (8,004) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #247 (1884) | #270 |
| 1890s | 346 | #251 (1891) | #309 |
| 1900s | 588 | #227 (1908) | #263 |
| 1910s | 4,683 | #173 (1918) | #195 |
| 1920s | 6,832 | #178 (1922) | #201 |
| 1930s | 4,673 | #209 (1930) | #250 |
| 1940s | 5,120 | #252 (1943) | #274 |
| 1950s | 5,695 | #247 (1959) | #314 |
| 1960s | 8,004 | #242 (1960) | #271 |
| 1970s | 4,890 | #303 (1970) | #355 |
| 1980s | 2,727 | #470 (1980) | #536 |
| 1990s | 1,989 | #662 (1990) | #760 |
| 2000s | 2,171 | #765 (2000) | #852 |
| 2010s | 1,556 | #1,075 (2013) | #1,196 |
| 2020s | 789 | #1,328 (2023) | #1,391 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nick in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 294,194 of them was named Nick, which outranked 22.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,289Zabrina7
- #5,289Zan7
- #5,289Zetta7
- #5,817Nick6
- #5,817Adra6
- #5,817Adrain6
- #5,817Aime6
- #6,539Abbigail5
- #6,539Abelina5
- #6,539Adilia5
Tied with 721 names at #5,817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 2,591 of them was named Nick, which outranked 93.6% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.