Nickie
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 68.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 111 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,158since 1917
Nickie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 88 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #1,475 | 78 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #1,408 | 88 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #1,238 | 104 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #1,297 | 84 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,095 | 104 | #1,464 | 34 |
| 1972 | #1,045 | 111 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 | #1,705 | 27 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #1,517 | 61 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Nickie! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Nickie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1972 at #1,045 (111 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,705 girls born in 1972 were named Nickie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 26.1% of all girls named Nickie (823) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1945, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,083 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,661 (1924) | #3,589 |
| 1930s | 75 | #2,105 (1931) | #3,062 |
| 1940s | 316 | #1,229 (1946) | #1,608 |
| 1950s | 401 | #1,396 (1950) | #1,609 |
| 1960s | 456 | #1,481 (1961) | #1,721 |
| 1970s | 823 | #1,045 (1972) | #1,375 |
| 1980s | 707 | #1,283 (1983) | #1,752 |
| 1990s | 245 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,586 |
| 2000s | 73 | #6,956 (2001) | #12,591 |
| 2010s | 14 | #11,181 (2011) | #13,698 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nickie in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 15,435 of them was named Nickie, which outranked 89.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,232Sharlene105
- #1,232Tamela105
- #1,232Tyisha105
- #1,238Nickie104
- #1,238Catalina104
- #1,238Jenniffer104
- #1,238Kacie104
- #1,245Cherry103
- #1,245Erinn103
- #1,245Kris103
Tied with 6 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 114,769 of them was named Nickie, which outranked 59.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,777Zebediah16
- #2,777Zebulan16
- #2,777Zvi16
- #2,897Nickie15
- #2,897Adel15
- #2,897Ajani15
- #2,897Alexandros15
- #3,018Albino14
- #3,018Alok14
- #3,018Amiel14
Tied with 120 names at #2,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.