Nixie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NIK-see
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Nixie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “water sprite”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Nixie mean?
Germanic: from German Nixe
“water sprite”
In Germanic folklore a nixie is a shape-shifting water spirit.
Is Nixie a girl's or a boy's name?
Nixie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nixie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Nixie, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nixie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Nixie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
How popular is Nixie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Nixie, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had more girls named Nixie than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Nixie in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nixie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nixie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nixie, updated 20 October 2026.