Nickey is a rare variant of Nick that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Nickey is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Nickey was first reported in SSA data in 1921 and peaked in 1959 (52 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,130 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,635 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,932 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,161 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,454 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,324 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #15,073 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | — | — | #5,030 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #10,274 | #7,384 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #12,871 | #7,185 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #8,413 | #4,407 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | #8,321 | #5,265 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #10,505 | #4,723 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #13,241 | #5,088 |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #7,174 | #4,843 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | #4,299 | — |
| 1985 | 32 | — | #4,083 | #3,738 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | #7,224 | #3,224 |
| 1983 | 29 | — | #4,413 | #3,559 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #7,983 | #2,669 |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #7,192 | #3,548 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | #4,674 | #4,043 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | #5,314 | #2,526 |
| 1978 | 24 | — | #9,354 | #2,536 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | #8,140 | #1,890 |
| 1976 | 37 | — | #7,866 | #1,733 |
| 1975 | 38 | — | #5,061 | #1,869 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #8,391 | #1,569 |
| 1973 | 58 | — | #4,107 | #1,263 |
| 1972 | 47 | — | #3,834 | #1,553 |
| 1971 | 40 | — | #5,399 | #1,626 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | #6,834 | #1,973 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1968 | 37 | — | #4,689 | #1,535 |
| 1967 | 50 | — | #6,564 | #1,122 |
| 1966 | 34 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1965 | 34 | — | #6,303 | #1,472 |
| 1964 | 31 | — | — | #1,424 |
| 1963 | 33 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1962 | 49 | — | #4,199 | #1,271 |
| 1961 | 50 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1960 | 45 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1959 | 52 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1958 | 50 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1957 | 60 | — | #3,438 | #1,125 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1955 | 34 | — | — | #1,306 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | #5,013 | #1,092 |
| 1953 | 49 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1951 | 45 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1949 | 43 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1948 | 26 | — | — | #1,451 |
| 1947 | 43 | — | #4,244 | #1,246 |
| 1946 | 38 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1945 | 39 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1944 | 27 | — | #3,967 | #1,564 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | — | #1,349 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | — | #1,806 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | — | #1,957 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,149 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,879 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #4,161 | #2,513 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,280 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,650 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,384 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | — | #2,788 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,359 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,065 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,741 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,773 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,784 |