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How popular is “Nick” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nick” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nick” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nick” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nick” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nick” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nick” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nick” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 40 0.000198527 40 -100%
1881 39 0.0002024 39 -100%
1882 35 0.00015799 35 -100%
1883 36 0.00016594 36 -100%
1884 48 0.000197157 48 -100%
1885 38 0.000157772 38 -100%
1886 47 0.000184086 47 -100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 -100%
1888 48 0.000160281 48 -100%
1889 34 0.000117669 34 -100%
1890 45 0.000149303 45 -100%
1891 40 0.000139532 40 -100%
1892 37 0.000110655 37 -100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 -100%
1894 38 0.000112197 38 -100%
1895 29 0.000082616 29 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 39 0.000112406 39 -100%
1898 37 0.000096997 37 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 49 0.000108826 49 -100%
1901 40 0.00011567 40 -100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 -100%
1903 46 0.000120672 46 -100%
1904 57 0.000141269 57 -100%
1905 52 0.000122664 52 -100%
1906 67 0.000156377 67 -100%
1907 77 0.000165453 77 -100%
1908 84 0.000171903 84 -100%
1909 79 0.000154531 79 -100%
1910 124 0.000209917 124 -100%
1911 130 0.000201776 130 -100%
1912 248 0.000250996 248 -100%
1913 310 0.000272621 310 -100%
1914 425 0.000300068 425 -100%
1915 642 0.000350355 642 -100%
1916 661 0.000341705 5 656 -98%
1917 710 0.000353806 5 705 -99%
1918 761 0.000350512 761 -100%
1919 688 0.000326029 6 682 -98%
1920 704 0.000311141 5 699 -99%
1921 771 0.000330263 6 765 -98%
1922 790 0.000345105 790 -100%
1923 697 0.000302717 7 690 -98%
1924 755 0.000317012 8 747 -98%
1925 697 0.000298718 6 691 -98%
1926 649 0.000282677 7 642 -98%
1927 616 0.000265591 616 -100%
1928 609 0.000269357 5 604 -98%
1929 593 0.000270509 5 588 -98%
1930 630 0.000283364 630 -100%
1931 512 0.000243301 512 -100%
1932 490 0.000232085 490 -100%
1933 499 0.000249569 499 -100%
1934 465 0.0002239 465 -100%
1935 461 0.000220585 5 456 -98%
1936 421 0.00020264 421 -100%
1937 402 0.000188673 7 395 -97%
1938 400 0.000180785 400 -100%
1939 405 0.000183803 405 -100%
1940 409 0.000177619 409 -100%
1941 440 0.000180592 440 -100%
1942 520 0.000190349 520 -100%
1943 558 0.000197693 558 -100%
1944 498 0.000185125 498 -100%
1945 491 0.00018508 491 -100%
1946 565 0.000176822 565 -100%
1947 646 0.000179329 646 -100%
1948 547 0.000158435 547 -100%
1949 446 0.000127985 446 -100%
1950 422 0.000120456 422 -100%
1951 448 0.000121616 448 -100%
1952 420 0.000110584 420 -100%
1953 418 0.000108469 418 -100%
1954 431 0.000108272 431 -100%
1955 471 0.000117308 471 -100%
1956 493 0.000119572 493 -100%
1957 690 0.000164202 690 -100%
1958 848 0.000205133 848 -100%
1959 1054 0.000253488 1054 -100%
1960 1099 0.000264576 1099 -100%
1961 935 0.00022572 935 -100%
1962 896 0.000222037 896 -100%
1963 871 0.00022005 871 -100%
1964 798 0.000205268 798 -100%
1965 723 0.000199424 6 717 -98%
1966 685 0.000197085 685 -100%
1967 682 0.00020089 682 -100%
1968 670 0.000198318 5 665 -99%
1969 661 0.000190198 6 655 -98%
1970 671 0.000186052 5 666 -99%
1971 570 0.000166067 5 565 -98%
1972 558 0.000177538 5 553 -98%
1973 550 0.000182307 550 -100%
1974 510 0.000167763 6 504 -98%
1975 447 0.000148043 447 -100%
1976 410 0.000135122 5 405 -98%
1977 426 0.00013411 426 -100%
1978 407 0.000128235 6 401 -97%
1979 373 0.000112113 373 -100%
1980 318 0.000092321 318 -100%
1981 299 0.000086432 6 293 -96%
1982 267 0.000076113 267 -100%
1983 259 0.000074783 259 -100%
1984 278 0.000079685 278 -100%
1985 255 0.000071446 255 -100%
1986 292 0.00008209 292 -100%
1987 274 0.000075993 274 -100%
1988 241 0.000065223 241 -100%
1989 251 0.000065289 251 -100%
1990 231 0.000058444 231 -100%
1991 196 0.000050317 196 -100%
1992 226 0.000058835 226 -100%
1993 217 0.000057555 217 -100%
1994 197 0.00005299 197 -100%
1995 217 0.000059255 217 -100%
1996 173 0.000047434 173 -100%
1997 147 0.000040543 147 -100%
1998 179 0.000048665 179 -100%
1999 204 0.000055227 204 -100%
2000 217 0.000057409 217 -100%
2001 198 0.000052893 198 -100%
2002 201 0.000053768 201 -100%
2003 203 0.000053388 203 -100%
2004 208 0.000054437 208 -100%
2005 233 0.000060601 233 -100%
2006 251 0.000063445 251 -100%
2007 227 0.000056783 227 -100%
2008 236 0.000060041 236 -100%
2009 197 0.000051568 197 -100%
2010 176 0.000047622 176 -100%
2011 154 0.000042102 154 -100%
2012 157 0.000042927 157 -100%
2013 174 0.000047728 174 -100%
2014 157 0.000042359 157 -100%
2015 152 0.000041071 152 -100%
2016 175 0.000047701 175 -100%
2017 147 0.000041105 147 -100%
2018 123 0.000034984 123 -100%
2019 141 0.000040623 141 -100%
2020 121 0.000036221 121 -100%
2021 133 0.000039257 133 -100%
2022 136 0.000040199 136 -100%
2023 142 0.000042885 142 -100%
2024 130 0.000039057 130 -100%

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