Nickey

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to boys 83.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1945 · 39 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,663
since 1921

Nickey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #3,309, 1957peak #1,016, 1945girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#11,0376
2007
2006#10,6626
2005
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2002#10,6675
2001#9,2436
2000
1999#7,8747
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#13,3865
1994#4,80312
1993#9,5598#6,8167
1992#11,7386#6,6707
1991#7,98710#4,23113
1990#7,88010#4,99310
1989#9,6817#4,52711
1988#11,7985#4,7869
1987#6,78810#4,5739
1986#4,18619
1985#3,98320#3,59912
1984#6,8109#3,10714
1983#4,28617#3,41112
1982#7,4698#2,59618
1981#6,8049#3,41212
1980#4,51716#3,83810
1979#5,09213#2,46519
1978#8,5626#2,47318
1977#7,5677#1,85827
1976#7,2967#1,71130
1975#4,85412#1,83526
1974#7,6806#1,54632
1973#3,97115#1,25343
1972#3,71416#1,53531
1971#5,13610#1,59730
1970#6,3627#1,93921
1969#1,41432
1968#4,48910#1,50627
1967#6,0426#1,11744
1966#1,29934
1965#5,8176#1,45628
1964#1,40831
1963#1,35433
1962#4,01111#1,25938
1961#1,10850
1960#1,16745
1959#1,06852
1958#1,08150
1957#3,30913#1,11747
1956#1,23238
1955#1,29434
1954#4,6557#1,08248
1953#1,03349
1952#1,13642
1951#1,07045
1950#1,39527
1949#1,07243
1948#1,43026
1947#4,0078#1,23335
1946#1,12438
1945#1,01639
1944#3,6877#1,52520
1943#1,30828
1942#1,33427
1941#1,75916
1940#1,89414
1939#1,29726
1938#2,08412
1937#3,5185
1936
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1934#3,8026#2,39310
1933
1932#3,0927
1931#3,3906
1930#4,0015
1929
1928#2,65910
1927#3,1518
1926#2,9049
1925
1924#3,5057
1923
1922#4,3075
1921#4,3225
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Nickey! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Nickey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1945 at #1,016 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,509
  • Highest: 1 in 34,509 boys born in 1945 were named Nickey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.0% of all boys named Nickey (432) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s44#2,659 (1928)#3,475
1930s71#1,297 (1939)#2,825
1940s286#1,016 (1945)#1,370
1950s432#1,033 (1953)#1,151
1960s362#1,108 (1961)#1,309
1970s277#1,253 (1973)#1,821
1980s107#2,596 (1982)#3,761
1990s61#4,231 (1991)#6,379
2000s23#9,243 (2001)#10,402

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.

Nickey in 1945

boys
#1,016
39 births · 1 in 34,509 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,016Nickey39
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 34,509 of them was named Nickey, which outranked 73.1% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nickey
  1. #1,006Manley40
  2. #1,006Porter40
  3. #1,006Wilber40
  4. #1,016Nickey39
  5. #1,016Albin39
  6. #1,016Barrett39
  7. #1,016Burnell39
  8. #1,039Abram38
  9. #1,039Aurelio38
  10. #1,039Casimir38

Tied with 22 names at #1,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945