Nicky

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Nicky: Recorded since 1985, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #269, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#269highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nicky's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2152
1998	#1823
1999	#3900
2001	#2783
2002	#2105
2003	#3099
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2014	#5691
2017	#5765

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 38 years from 1985 to 2022.

In 2017: #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3040 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #269 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2022
Highest recorded position: #269 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1985–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Nicky appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 364 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1985.

Nicky across 3 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.

Nicky'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#269 (1985)	#269 (1985)	#657 (2022)	10 of 38	36 (1985–2022)	5 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#605 (1996)	#493 (1997)	#4991 (2023)	27 of 28	364 (1996–2023)	38 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1823 (1998)	#5765 (2017)	16 of 22	90 (1996–2017)	10 (2006)

Nicky 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 Nicky in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	99	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Nicky 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 1985 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Nicky'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#813	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#493	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#605	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	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 1985 and 2023, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #269, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 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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Nico · #66, 30y

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.

Adrien · #270, 30y
Duane · #268, 30y
Edita · #268, 27y
Christie · #271, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Lori · #269, 33y
Emelie · #270, 44y
Henrikke · #267, 34y
Jena · #271, 30y

Nicky was ranked #269 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. 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.

Nicky 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 Nicky without appearing here.

Nicky moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3848 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #3990.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Nicky

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Robyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Nicky

Adam Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 while Adam went from #66 to #22.
Alex Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 while Alex went from #250 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 while Alexander went from #127 to #40.
Ben Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 while Ben went from #185 to #40.

Moved the same way as Nicky

Adrian Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 and Adrian from #53 to #225.
Alfred Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 and Alfred from #269 to #657.
Denis Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 and Denis from #55 to #178.
Edward Compare
Between 1985 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Nicky went from #269 to #657 and Edward from #46 to #112.

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 1985 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Nicky

Nicky at a glance

What stands out in Nicky's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nicky across 3 official records

Nicky by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Nicky's record

Nicky across 3 official records

Nicky by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nicky appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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