# Nickie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nickie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,596 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,438 / 3,158 (69% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of Nicky.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16 | 5,982 |
| 1997 | 16 | 6,085 |
| 1998 | 17 | 5,996 |
| 1999 | 17 | 6,125 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8,408 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7,226 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,905 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,082 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,430 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,410 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,562 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,578 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,656 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,904 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,118 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | 6,168 |
| 1983 | 17 | 2,759 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,401 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,284 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,193 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,999 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,844 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,954 |
| 1992 | 9 | 6,000 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,374 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,521 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,564 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,876 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,959 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,667 |

## 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.