Vicky
Vicky, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name. It is often short for Victoria. The name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki.
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Meaning & Origin of Vicky
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vicky, Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name. It is often short for Victoria. The name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Vicky
The earliest SSA record of Vicky as a baby girl name dates back to 1912, when 5 babies received it. 1957 was its biggest year on record, with 2,942 newborns named Vicky — #142 in the national rankings. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Vickys. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #4,961 among baby girl names with 27 births, falling sharply (-39%). In total, more than 54K Vickys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Vicky
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About the name Vicky
Vicky is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 54K births in the dataset. Vicky's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #142. Use the chart and map above to compare Vicky'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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