Nicky

Unisex

Nicky has been given to 9,442 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It peaked in 1959.

Meaning & origin /ˈnɪki/

Diminutives +&lrm; -y.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,442

Peak year

1959 (294 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1917

10-year trend

▼ -64%

Gender split

21% girls / 79% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Nicky.

9,509 babies since 1880

9,560 babies since 1897

9,560 babies since 1925

9,280 babies since 1924

9,675 babies since 1886

9,697 babies since 1923

9,165 babies since 1946

9,157 babies since 1911

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