girl's name
Vicky
VIK-ee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 60,770
Northern Ireland
#281
2004 births
Vicky means victory, and it is one of the clearest cases on this site of a monarch making a name — Victoria was rare in English before the queen and ordinary for a century afterward.
- Vicky is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1957, when 2,965 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 94,733 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1912.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Vicky over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 |
| 1920s | 201 |
| 1930s | 376 |
| 1940s | 5,264 |
| 1950s | 21,519 |
| 1960s | 15,903 |
| 1970s | 4,760 |
| 1980s | 2,098 |
| 1990s | 1,481 |
| 2000s | 1,317 |
| 2010s | 809 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 211 |
What Vicky means
Vicky means victory. The Latin victoria is the abstract noun for winning, and Victoria was a goddess personifying it before it was used as a personal name.
Where Vicky comes from
Vicky shortens Victoria, the Latin for victory, from vincere, to conquer — the root in convince, evict and invincible. Victoria was a Roman goddess, the counterpart of the Greek Nike, and appears on coinage far more often than in personal names. English use is essentially post-1837: the queen was named for her German mother, the name was considered foreign at her accession, and by the end of her reign it was unremarkable.
Vicky in use
Vicky peaked in the United States in 1957, when 2,965 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 2853rd in France on 10 births and 4078th in the United States on 35, across 60,770 lifetime births in three of the seven markets we track. Scotland ran a much later local peak of 76 births in 1986, nearly thirty years after the American one.
How popular is Vicky?
In 2025, Vicky was given to 35 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Vicky is used
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 Vicky
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Vicky also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Vicky over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Vicky in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Vicky
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Vicky — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Vicky
What does the name Vicky mean?
Victory — the Latin victoria, from vincere, to conquer.
Was Victoria used before the queen?
Barely in English. It was considered foreign at her accession in 1837 and ordinary by her death.
Is invincible related?
Yes — vincere gives invincible, convince and evict.
How popular is Vicky?
4078th in the United States, down from a 1957 peak of 2,965 births.
Is Vicky a girl's or a boy's name?
Vicky is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Vicky?
Vicky has 2 syllables.
Is Vicky a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Vicky currently ranks #2,853 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.