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Nickie

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Nicky

Nickie has been given to 4,596 babies in the U.S. since 1917. 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 1972, with 111 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% girls, 31% boys all-time.

Babies named Nickie, 2016

1 in 734,000

Nickie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Nickie over time

In 2016, Nickie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19142016

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Nickie: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Nicky

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nickie means

Nickie is a variant of Nicky.

Origin, language, and formation

Nickie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nicky.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,158 girls were recorded with the name Nickie between 1917 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 111 in 1972; its best national rank was #1,047 in 1972.

In the United States, 1,438 boys were recorded with the name Nickie between 1914 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 44 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,099 in 1943.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nickie?

Nickie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016
1 in 734,000
5 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only
1 in 354,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
508,706 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nickie 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 2016 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 508,706 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nickie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nickies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nickie was born before 1973 — so the typical Nickie is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
26.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.1%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,719
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1970s — 26.1% of all recorded uses (823).

Is Nickie 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1972 (111)
Years since peak
53
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,047
1972

Spellings of Nickie

Nickie is not the most common spelling — Nicole is, with 57.2% against Nickie's 0.30%.

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.

Where Nickie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Nickie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 120,598 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 100,000
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nickie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Nickie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Nickie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,069,148 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in —
  4. 4Tennessee1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nickie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nickie around the world

Where Nickie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1991–1999
    #3,963
    in 1999
  • South Australia
    1964–1987
    #684
    in 1987

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Nickie

People whose public names include Nickie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Nickie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Nickie. Linked forms have their own page here.

NikiNickiNickyNikkiNikkyNikkie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Nickie 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
#1,047
1972
Peak year
1972
111 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
3,158
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,099
1943
Peak year
1954
44 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
1,438
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nickie

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

NicolaNicolNicholMickieNicolleNicholasRickieMarkieNicolinaNichelleNickoleNickyBeckieNicoNickiNicolettaPinkieNiccoleMackieNicholleNicholaNickeyNicheleNickia

Names with a curve like Nickie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Nickie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

StephenJenellDavidaCandieSherrellPatrickAndreRebbeccaJeniJonelleStevenCarlos

Sibling names for Nickie

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

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