Nicky
About Nicky
Nicky is a forever-cute short form of Nicholas once used as a full name but now relegated to nickname (no pun intended) status.
Pronounced NIK-ee.
As of October 2026, Nicky ranked #9456 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #471 in 1959.
Editor's take: The name Nicky is a boy's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,882 | 20 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Nicky on lists
Famous Nickys
- Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton Jr.
son of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton; first husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor
- Nicholas Bernard James Adam "Nicky" Byrne
Irish singer of boyband Westlife
- Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins
English pianist
- Nicholas Barry "Nicky" Chinn
English songwriter and producer
- Nicky Wire (born Nicholas Allen Jones)
Welsh bassist of band Manic Street Preachers
- Nicky Romero (born Nick Rotteveel)
Dutch DJ and music producer
- Nicky Jam (born Nick Rivera Caminero)
American reggaeton singer
- Nicholas "Nicky" Katt
American actor
- Nicholas Victor Leslie "Nicky" Henson
English actor
Nicky in pop culture
- Nicholas "Nicky Deuce" Borelli II
main character in TV movie "Nicky Deuce"
- "Little Nicky
" 2000 film and its main character
- Nicky
character in musical "Avenue Q"
- Nick "Nicky" Tilsley
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Nicky Santoro
character in film "Casino"
- Nicholas "Nicky" Esteban Hemmick
character in all for the game book series.
- "Nicky Machiavelli"
song from A Bronx Tale the musical