Nicky Name Popularity

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How popular is Nicky?

The rare name Nicky was the 6,549th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Nicky, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #471 in 1959 with 282 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Nicky was less than 5, most recently in 1920.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Nicky occurred roughly during the years 1932-1936, 1938-1943, 1948-1951, and 1955-1959, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1982-1986.

Sometimes the name Nicky has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Nicky popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Nicky's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Nicky for their newborn has risen.

The name Nicky is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Nicky has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Nicky (Girl)		Nicky (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		5	17,348	13	6,549
2017		12	9,158	17	5,431
2016		12	9,246	16	5,691
2015		11	9,946	11	7,387
2014		26	5,261	15	5,901
2013		33	4,394	10	7,927
2012		18	7,066	13	6,549
2011		9	11,897	7	10,435
2010		13	9,089	19	4,970
2009		17	7,591	21	4,694
2008		12	9,911	29	3,708
2007		21	6,486	28	3,762
2006		20	6,533	35	3,136
2005		21	5,945	29	3,429
2004		19	6,429	31	3,195
2003		13	8,347	23	3,808
2002		21	5,616	26	3,419
2001		6	14,817	24	3,585
2000		15	7,053	27	3,198
1999		14	7,124	29	2,915
1998		9	9,879	31	2,689
1997		20	5,162	29	2,729
1996		19	5,224	40	2,129
1995		23	4,461	35	2,282
1994		24	4,342	29	2,601
1993		26	4,071	54	1,655
1992		29	3,752	45	1,829
1991		27	3,903	54	1,586
1990		33	3,336	44	1,801
1989		30	3,458	29	2,335
1988		27	3,551	44	1,636
1987		31	3,075	43	1,627
1986		56	1,967	35	1,779
1985		39	2,526	61	1,224
1984		44	2,255	67	1,105
1983		38	2,465	57	1,214
1982		46	2,206	79	1,023
1981		29	3,038	73	1,068
1980		57	1,901	90	953
1979		48	2,105	95	898
1978		31	2,722	116	788
1977		29	2,820	127	759
1976		40	2,160	123	750
1975		38	2,222	127	738
1974		34	2,331	142	690
1973		53	1,702	150	652
1972		50	1,760	128	712
1971		45	1,925	143	695
1970		37	2,191	143	694
1969		23	2,815	139	672
1968		22	2,765	143	635
1967		29	2,256	152	610
1966		13	3,689	133	643
1965		20	2,800	165	593
1964		16	3,340	168	606
1963		18	3,037	192	569
1962		17	3,123	197	562
1961		20	2,812	220	536
1960		22	2,627	258	493
1959		10	4,226	282	471
1958		26	2,240	209	533
1957		28	2,105	155	616
1956		21	2,511	149	623
1955		21	2,451	122	662
1954		15	2,978	163	579
1953		17	2,669	155	578
1952		17	2,646	150	571
1951		18	2,451	146	568
1950		13	3,005	107	672
1949		12	3,127	124	611
1948		15	2,672	99	678
1947		16	2,606	120	628
1946		19	2,207	111	611
1945		14	2,421	79	682
1944		17	2,173	93	641
1943		18	2,129	103	625
1942		17	2,180	78	730
1941		8	3,479	64	784
1940		12	2,535	64	778
1939		< 5	--	47	914
1938		7	3,740	27	1,301
1937		6	4,138	27	1,303
1936		< 5	--	38	1,043
1935		< 5	--	21	1,527
1934		< 5	--	27	1,310
1933		< 5	--	21	1,527
1932		7	3,815	21	1,570
1931		< 5	--	23	1,481
1930		< 5	--	11	2,563
1929		< 5	--	19	1,768
1928		7	4,071	13	2,353
1927		10	3,225	9	3,081
1926		< 5	--	19	1,832
1925		5	5,561	14	2,282
1924		6	4,884	9	3,184
1923		< 5	--	14	2,295
1922		< 5	--	8	3,453
1921		< 5	--	11	2,751
1920		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1917		< 5	--	5	4,396
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.