How Many People Are Named Nickey?

1,472

people named Nickey are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 232,190 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,995 babies named Nickey in Social Security records from 1921 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,216

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#592

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Peak Year

1957

60 births

Trend

2008

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
20.6%
Male
79.4%

Of the babies given the name Nickey, 20.6% were girls and 79.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Nickey rose from 5% in the 1940s to 39% in the 1990s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 52.9%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Nickey alive today is about 57 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 68 in 2025.

Under 30 34
2.3%
30 to 59 776
52.8%
60 and over 661
44.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Nickey first appears in the records in 1921 and was given most often in 1957, to 60 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.

Babies given the name each year, 1921 to 2008

🏆 Rank History

Nickey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,026, in 1945. Among girls, its best rank was #3,437, in 1957.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#1,026 (1945)#3,437 (1957)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,146 in the 1950s#5,863 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Nickey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Nickey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 73 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nickey was given 9.6 times as often in Tennessee and 6.6 times in Texas.

Texas 73
Tennessee 42
Illinois 17
Mississippi 16
Alabama 16
Arkansas 11
California 10
Indiana 4
North Carolina 2
Louisiana 1

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