Nick

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nick: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nick: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #313 in 2002, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#313highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1113
1998	#887
1999	#1027
2000	#1703
2001	#1078
2002	#1519
2003	#976
2004	#1222
2005	#1377
2006	#1643
2007	#1361
2008	#1457
2009	#1218
2010	#1551
2011	#1522
2012	#1430
2013	#1617
2014	#1421
2015	#1586
2016	#1498
2017	#1339
2018	#1533
2019	#1439
2020	#2960
2021	#1329
2022	#1420
2023	#1610
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2960 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2025
Highest recorded position: #313 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2000–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Nick appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 428 births with the name.

Nick across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nick's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#887 (1998)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	428 (1996–2024)	20 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#313 (2002)	#509 (2025)	11 of 26	45 (2000–2025)	6 (2002)

Nick by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nick in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	54	4 of 10	14
2000s	140	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	162	10 of 10	16
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Nick's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #313, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 4 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nickolas · #623, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eavan · #313, 32y
Oluwaseun · #313, 26y
Thu · #313, 31y
Billie-Jo · #314, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Oluwaseun · #313, 26y
Aled · #312, 29y
Arianne · #314, 29y
Billie-Jo · #314, 28y

Nick was ranked #313 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nick without appearing here.

Nick moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #976 and #2189.
Johannes Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1329 and #2493.
Barry Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1329 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Nick

Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1421 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1586 and #996.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #976 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #731.
Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1377 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #1168.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Nick

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nick

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nick went from #1168 to #1758 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Nick across 2 official records

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