Nicey

Girls' name

Good + victory, through Eunice

Nicey has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 1893. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1903, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Nicey, 1978

1 in 635,000

Nicey over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nicey: meaning, origin, and history

Good + victory, through Eunice

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nicey means

Nicey belongs to the name family reached through Nicey → Eunice. Its meaning is “good + victory”.

Origin, language, and formation

Nicey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eunice.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 93 girls were recorded with the name Nicey between 1893 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1903; its best national rank was #1,535 in 1903.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nicey?

Nicey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1978, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1978: 1 in 635,000; 5 of 3,173,639 births
Among girls only: 1 in 306,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1978: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 439,961 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nicey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1978 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 439,961 children born in 1978 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nicey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Niceys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nicey was born before 1920 — so the typical Nicey is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 25.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 5.4%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 25.8% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Nicey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1903 (7)
Years since peak: 122; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 3.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,535; 1903

Spellings of Nicey

Nicey is not the most common spelling — Riley is, with 39.8% against Nicey's 0.03%.

Riley39.8%141,960
Lacey15.1%53,774
Vicky15.0%53,543
Kiley5.4%19,175
Miley4.4%15,704
Kacey3.4%11,961
Macey3.2%11,536
Jacey2.3%8,044

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nicey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,535; 1903
Peak year: 1903; 7 that year
First recorded: 1893
Last recorded: 1978
All-time count: 93
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Nicey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nicte Nicle Nicha Nica Nicia Nicie Nicci Nick Acey Nicoya Nicloe Pacey Nicoll Nicy Nicoli Nickki Nicolet Nickol Jocey Nickia Nickola Nichoel Nico Nicol

Sibling names for Nicey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Hulda Meta Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme

For a brother

Dewey Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius

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