How Many People Are Named Nicky?

7,364

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

About 1 in 46,412 people in the US has this name

Based on 9,442 babies named Nicky in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,953

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#161

See the top 100

Peak Year

1959

294 births

Trend

โ†’

Stable (last 10 years)

๐Ÿ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: NIK-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive of NICHOLAS or NICOLE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

โšง Gender Distribution

Female
23.9%
Male
76.1%

Of the babies given the name Nicky, 23.9% were girls and 76.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Nicky rose from 19.4% in the 1920s to 37.9% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2010s, at 52.1%.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Age Distribution

The average person named Nicky alive today is about 52 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 66 in 2025.

Under 30 1,028
14%
30 to 59 3,448
46.8%
60 and over 2,887
39.2%

๐Ÿ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Nicky first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1959, to 294 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025

๐Ÿ† Rank History

Nicky has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #471, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #9,452. Among girls, its best rank was #1,702, in 1973.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#9,452Not ranked
Best rank#471 (1959)#1,702 (1973)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#591 in the 1960s#2,151 in the 1970s

๐Ÿ“ State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Nicky were born in California than in any other state: about 642 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nicky was given 2.8 times as often in Tennessee, 2.6 times in Oklahoma and 2.5 times in Arkansas.

California 642
Texas 517
New York 475
North Carolina 205
Tennessee 184
Illinois 166
Ohio 129
Georgia 112
Kentucky 108
Oklahoma 96
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 80
Alabama 74
New Jersey 69
Florida 63
Michigan 54
Missouri 52
Pennsylvania 43
Indiana 37
Colorado 21
Virginia 19
South Carolina 18
West Virginia 18
New Mexico 18
Mississippi 18
Massachusetts 13
Iowa 12
Arizona 6
Maryland 4
Kansas 3
Washington 3

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