Nickie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NIK-ee
- Origin
- Greek
Nickie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nickie mean?
Greek: spelling of Nikki; pet form of Nicole
“victory of the people”
Began as a pet form of Nicole and other feminine forms of Nicholas, from Greek nike, 'victory'.
Meaning borrowed from Nikki.
Is Nickie a girl's or a boy's name?
Nickie is a girls' name.
How popular is Nickie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1972, with 111 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Nickie in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Nickie in the US in 1931, and 81% in 1994.
Nickie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 78 | #1,475 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,283 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,531 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,580 |
| 1980 | 88 | #1,408 |
| 1979 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,669 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,877 |
| 1976 | 84 | #1,297 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,300 |
| 1973 | 104 | #1,095 |
| 1972 | 111 | #1,045 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,322 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,444 |
| 1969 | 61 | #1,517 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,780 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,480 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,480 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,228 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,292 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Nickie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicole, Stephanie, Julie, Leslie, Melanie, Jamie, Christine, Michelle, Katherine, Angie, Bonnie, Penny
Names related to Nickie
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nickie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nickie, updated 20 October 2026.