Nickey
Nickey is a given name, surname and a nickname, and may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Nickey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nickey is a given name, surname and a nickname, and may refer to:
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The Story of Nickey
As a girl name
Nickey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1934, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1985: 20 births, good for #3,982 nationwide. About 36% of every Nickey on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Nickey last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 332 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Nickey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1921, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1959: 52 births, good for #1,068 nationwide. About 26% of every Nickey on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Nickey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Nickey
Nickey is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Nickey's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #1,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Nickey'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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