unisex name

Nickie

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 4,616

Nickie is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 69% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1973, when 138 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Nickie started out as a boys' name and is now given almost entirely to girls.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Nickie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

1,039
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Nickie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 17
1920s 130
1930s 208
1940s 622
1950s 705
1960s 704
1970s 1,039
1980s 787
1990s 286
2000s 84
2010s (to 2016) 14

How popular is Nickie?

In 2016, Nickie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Nickie is used

France #3,726 5 in 1999
United States #16,671 5 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nickie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nickie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nickie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nickie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nickie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nickie

How popular is the name Nickie?

In 2016, Nickie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Nickie a girl's or a boy's name?

Nickie is used for both girls and boys. About 69% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Nickie most popular?

Nickie peaked in 1973, when 138 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Was Nickie originally a boys' or girls' name?

Nickie was given mostly to boys in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to girls.