# Nick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /nɪk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 50,589 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 50,457 / 132 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 442, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 7 | 4,192 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5,236 |
| 1929 | 5 | 5,093 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,713 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,707 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,302 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,830 |
| 1969 | 6 | 7,209 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,904 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,199 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,173 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,390 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,370 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,352 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,978 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 154 | 1,165 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1,166 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,079 |
| 2014 | 157 | 1,185 |
| 2015 | 152 | 1,214 |
| 2016 | 175 | 1,117 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,429 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,307 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1,421 |
| 2021 | 133 | 1,382 |
| 2022 | 137 | 1,372 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1,334 |
| 2024 | 130 | 1,421 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,447 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 尼克
- Esperanto: Niĉjo
- French: Nico
- Greek: Νίκος, Νικ
- Romanian: Nicu
- Turkish: Niko

## People named Nick

- Nick Nolte, American actor (born 1941)
- Nick Cave, Australian musician and singer
- Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist and motivational speaker
- Nick Clegg, British politician and media executive (born 1967)
- Nick Hornby, English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)
- Nick Carter, American singer (born 1980)
- Nick Robinson, American actor
- Nick Pope, English association football player (born 1992)
- Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player (born 1995)
- Nick Griffin, British politician (born 1959)
- Nick Woltemade, German association football player (born 2002)
- Nick Offerman, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.