Nickey

Boy · recorded 1921–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1945best year

Most popular in 1945.

Last recorded in 2008. 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 Nickey.

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Its story

Popularity since 1921

0152919211943196519862008

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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 73 recorded years as a table
Nickey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19215
19225
19246
19268
19277
19289
19305
19316
19327
193410
19375
193811
193923
194012
194113
194220
194320
194415
194529
194623
194719
194815
194924
195015
195124
195222
195325
195424
195517
195618
195722
195824
195924
196021
196124
196218
196316
196416
196515
196619
196725
196816
196918
197011
197117
197219
197328
197420
197517
197619
197716
197811
197911
19806
19817
198210
19837
19848
19856
19875
19885
19895
19905
19916
19924
19934
19946
19973
19994
20013
20023
20063
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nickey 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#11,037
How rare
1 in 340,025 boys
Since 1921
1,663

Nickey was last recorded in 2008. 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 1945, at 29 per million boys born.

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

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