Nickson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-son
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Nickson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Nick”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nickson mean?
English: spelling of Nixon; surname, from Nick, a short form of Nicholas
“son of Nick”
A medieval surname meaning son of Nick; it was borne by Richard Nixon, the US president who resigned over Watergate.
Meaning borrowed from Nixon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Nickson a girl's or a boy's name?
Nickson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nickson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Nickson, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Nickson in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were given Nickson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #903, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Nickson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Nicknames for Nickson
- Nix 11 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Nickson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Easton, Stetson, Colson, Boston, Jackson, Kingston, Lawson, Grayson, Mason, Paxton, Dawson
Other spellings of Nickson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Nickson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nickson, updated 20 October 2026.