Nick is a distinctive choice, ranked #1758 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Nick in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1758
About the Name Nick
Nick is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1202 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #887 in 1998 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Nick is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Nick
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Nick per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Nick in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Nick is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1202 places over the last five years to #1758 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Nick is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Nick include: Nick Hendrix — Nick Hendrix is an English actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Jamie Winter in the ITV police detective show Midsomer Murders.; Nick Blood — Nick Blood is an English actor.; Fat Nick — Nicholas Voutsinas, known professionally as Fat Nick, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida..
Nick does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Nicks in the wild.
14
UK babies named Nick (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1202 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Nick
Likely around 1 other Nick in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Nick
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Nick Hendrix is an English actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Jamie Winter in the ITV police detective show Midsomer Murders. By tenure he is the longest-serving DS in the history of the show.
Nick Blood is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Kieran in Trollied, Lance Hunter in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Vincent Pyne in The Day of the Jackal and as Gus Howard on Euphoria.
Nicholas Voutsinas, known professionally as Fat Nick, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. Initially rising to prominence alongside American rapper Pouya and their collective Buffet Boys, he is known for being a leading and important figure of the SoundCloud underground rap scene that began in 2012.
Nicholas Shirley is an American right-wing YouTuber and influencer. In December 2025, his video alleging fraud at Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota went viral; the video's allegations were unsubstantiated.
Nicholas George Pope was an English UFO investigator, author, media commentator and civil servant. He was a regular guest on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens, and while employed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was responsible for investigating UFO phenomena.
Nicholas Jeffrey Kurtz, nicknamed "Big Amish", is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was selected by the Athletics in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft.
Nicholas Joseph Fuentes is an American far-right political commentator and live streamer. He hosts the livestream America First, and on it has promoted white nationalism and supremacy, Christian nationalism, the incel movement, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ views and antisemitism including Holocaust denial.