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

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Peak · boys
#173
1918 · 761 births
Debut · boys
1880
40 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
50,457
since 1880

Nick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Nick has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #173, 1918boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,443124
2024—#1,418130
2023—#1,328143
2022—#1,366137
2021—#1,378133
2020—#1,415122
2019—#1,303141
2018—#1,418123
2017—#1,245147
2016—#1,116175
2015—#1,210152
2014—#1,184157
2013—#1,075174
2012—#1,161157
2011—#1,159154
2010—#1,092176
2009—#998197
2008—#890236
2007—#887227
2006—#812251
2005—#811233
2004—#853208
2003—#852203
2002—#830201
2001—#826198
2000—#765217
1999—#777204
1998—#827179
1997—#922147
1996—#827173
1995—#725217
1994—#745197
1993—#704217
1992—#687226
1991—#721197
1990—#662232
1989—#630251
1988—#605241
1987—#549274
1986—#520292
1985—#550255
1984—#508278
1983—#519259
1982—#521267
1981#9,1106#487293
1980—#470317
1979—#411373
1978#8,5626#389402
1977—#379425
1976#9,2845#382405
1975—#370447
1974#7,6806#344504
1973—#320550
1972#8,2925#325553
1971#8,3245#330565
1970#7,9955#303666
1969#6,6176#297655
1968#7,0165#285665
1967—#276682
1966—#279685
1965#5,8176#281718
1964—#273798
1963—#261871
1962—#257896
1961—#256936
1960—#2421,098
1959—#2471,054
1958—#266848
1957—#282690
1956—#335493
1955—#338471
1954—#342430
1953—#340419
1952—#339420
1951—#323448
1950—#329422
1949—#326446
1948—#293547
1947—#264646
1946—#267565
1945—#265491
1944—#266498
1943—#252558
1942—#258520
1941—#273440
1940—#276409
1939—#272405
1938—#278400
1937#3,4347#275395
1936—#262421
1935#4,2045#255456
1934—#247465
1933—#231499
1932—#241490
1931—#231512
1930—#209630
1929#4,5705#216588
1928#4,7255#217604
1927—#216616
1926#3,8737#213642
1925#4,4266#203691
1924#3,6658#189747
1923#3,9717#198690
1922—#178790
1921#4,4646#182765
1920#4,9755#193699
1919#4,2516#187682
1918—#173761
1917#4,5945#177705
1916#4,4175#182656
1915—#177642
1914—#196425
1913—#211310
1912—#219248
1911—#220130
1910—#208124
1909—#24979
1908—#22784
1907—#23177
1906—#23767
1905—#27452
1904—#25457
1903—#27346
1902—#31737
1901—#27240
1900—#29749
1899—#33628
1898—#31637
1897—#28839
1896—#33831
1895—#34029
1894—#28538
1893—#38322
1892—#30337
1891—#25140
1890—#25245
1889—#28834
1888—#25248
1887—#30729
1886—#25147
1885—#26838
1884—#24748
1883—#27536
1882—#28835
1881—#25239
1880—#26740
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #173 (761 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 61 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 130 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1880–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,313
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Nick (8,004) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s394#247 (1884)#270
1890s346#251 (1891)#309
1900s588#227 (1908)#263
1910s4,683#173 (1918)#195
1920s6,832#178 (1922)#201
1930s4,673#209 (1930)#250
1940s5,120#252 (1943)#274
1950s5,695#247 (1959)#314
1960s8,004#242 (1960)#271
1970s4,890#303 (1970)#355
1980s2,727#470 (1980)#536
1990s1,989#662 (1990)#760
2000s2,171#765 (2000)#852
2010s1,556#1,075 (2013)#1,196
2020s789#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 1976

girls
#9,284
5 births · 1 in 293,020 girls
boys
#382
405 births · 1 in 3,874 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #9,284Nick5

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #382Nick405
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 293,020 of them was named Nick, which outranked 14.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nick
  1. #8,156Zanobia6
  2. #8,156Zayda6
  3. #8,156Zola6
  4. #9,284Nick5
  5. #9,284Aaren5
  6. #9,284Abeer5
  7. #9,284Abi5

Tied with 1,629 names at #9,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 3,874 of them was named Nick, which outranked 94.1% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nick
  1. #379Cornelius411
  2. #379Kendrick411
  3. #381Max410
  4. #382Nick405
  5. #383Rocky403
  6. #384Dan400
  7. #385Brady399
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1976 →