Nick
Nick is a masculine given name. It is most often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai or Nicodemus, but also is used as a short form of Dominick. It may refer to:
- English
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Nick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nick is a masculine given name. It is most often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai or Nicodemus, but also is used as a short form of Dominick. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Dutch
The Story of Nick
Nick first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 40 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1960: 1,099 births, good for #242 nationwide. As of 2026, Nick ranks #1,376 for baby boys with 138 births, holding steady (+3%). All told, over 51K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nick
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nick. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Nick
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About the name Nick
Nick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 51K births in the dataset. Nick's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #173. Use the chart and map above to compare Nick's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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