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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Nicki” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nicki” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nicki” 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 “Nicki” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Nicki” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nicki” 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
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 100%
1941 22 0.00000903 17 5 55%
1942 48 0.000017571 41 7 71%
1943 55 0.000019486 49 6 78%
1944 59 0.000021932 51 8 73%
1945 78 0.000029402 78 100%
1946 105 0.000032861 98 7 87%
1947 124 0.000034422 116 8 87%
1948 114 0.000033019 107 7 88%
1949 93 0.000026688 88 5 89%
1950 111 0.000031684 105 6 89%
1951 108 0.000029318 108 100%
1952 117 0.000030806 111 6 90%
1953 107 0.000027766 101 6 89%
1954 128 0.000032155 121 7 89%
1955 111 0.000027646 106 5 91%
1956 121 0.000029347 112 9 85%
1957 122 0.000029033 108 14 77%
1958 113 0.000027335 113 100%
1959 82 0.000019721 75 7 83%
1960 103 0.000024796 95 8 84%
1961 117 0.000028245 110 7 88%
1962 102 0.000025276 95 7 86%
1963 100 0.000025264 90 10 80%
1964 97 0.000024951 97 100%
1965 82 0.000022618 72 10 76%
1966 101 0.000029059 94 7 86%
1967 109 0.000032107 100 9 83%
1968 111 0.000032856 101 10 82%
1969 121 0.000034817 121 100%
1970 122 0.000033828 114 8 87%
1971 110 0.000032048 103 7 87%
1972 190 0.000060452 190 100%
1973 174 0.000057675 167 7 92%
1974 150 0.000049342 144 6 92%
1975 137 0.000045373 130 7 90%
1976 123 0.000040537 110 13 79%
1977 125 0.000039352 114 11 82%
1978 125 0.000039384 117 8 87%
1979 158 0.00004749 151 7 91%
1980 149 0.000043257 149 100%
1981 143 0.000041337 138 5 93%
1982 128 0.000036488 128 100%
1983 143 0.00004129 143 100%
1984 117 0.000033536 117 100%
1985 134 0.000037544 129 5 93%
1986 132 0.000037109 126 6 91%
1987 110 0.000030508 103 7 87%
1988 92 0.000024898 92 100%
1989 98 0.000025491 98 100%
1990 57 0.000014421 57 100%
1991 64 0.00001643 64 100%
1992 54 0.000014058 54 100%
1993 54 0.000014323 54 100%
1994 55 0.000014794 50 5 82%
1995 61 0.000016657 52 9 70%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 100%
1997 44 0.000012135 44 100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 100%
1999 22 0.000005956 22 100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 100%
2004 26 0.000006805 21 5 62%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2013 20 0.000005486 20 100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%

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