Nick Boy
How popular is Nick?
#1,443 boy name in 2025
124 baby boys were named Nick in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular boy name.
Nick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 124 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,210 in 2015, #1,415 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (1,098 boys) |
| Highest rank | #173 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nick counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nick family of names ranked #1,227 for boys in 2025 (#1,193 the year before), with 131 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nick | 124 | 95% |
| Nik | 7 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nick is most popular
Babies named Nick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (140 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
Nick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #247 |
| 1890s | 346 | #251 |
| 1900s | 588 | #227 |
| 1910s | 4,683 | #173 |
| 1920s | 6,832 | #178 |
| 1930s | 4,673 | #209 |
| 1940s | 5,120 | #252 |
| 1950s | 5,695 | #247 |
| 1960s | 8,004 | #242 |
| 1970s | 4,890 | #303 |
| 1980s | 2,727 | #470 |
| 1990s | 1,989 | #660 |
| 2000s | 2,171 | #764 |
| 2010s | 1,556 | #1,075 |
| 2020s | 789 | #1,328 |
Boy names about as popular as Nick
Questions
- Is Nick a boy or girl name?
- Nick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nick were boys.
- How popular is the name Nick?
- 124 baby boys were named Nick in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular boy name.
- When was Nick most popular?
- Nick peaked in 1960, when 1,098 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #173 in 1918.
- How many people are named Nick?
- 50,589 babies have been named Nick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,383 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Nick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nick was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.