Hicks

Boy · recorded 1913–1952

  • 1952last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hicks.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

061219131923193319421952

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 12 recorded years as a table
Hicks, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
191412
19178
19199
19217
19226
19244
19275
19305
19335
19355
19523

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hicks isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1952
5
Rank in 1952
#3,734
How rare
1 in 388,726 boys
Since 1913
74

Hicks was last recorded in 1952. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hicks doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.