Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Vicky name popularity since 1925
53,842 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Vicky (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Vicky is about 67 years old in 2026. Vicky peaked in 1957 as the #142 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 53,842
- Named Vicky, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,163 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 53,402 girls · 440 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 1.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Vicky made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Vicky births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Vicky both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Vicky became 4.2× more common, from 1 in 10,000 baby girls to 1 in 2,400.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 6,660.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Vicky's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Vicky.
Decade by decade
Babies named Vicky in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 104 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 376 | 0 | #1,512 |
| 1940s | 5,177 | 87 | #293 |
| 1950s | 21,330 | 189 | #159 |
| 1960s | 15,803 | 100 | #231 |
| 1970s | 4,746 | 14 | #478 |
| 1980s | 2,074 | 24 | #826 |
| 1990s | 1,461 | 20 | #1,329 |
| 2000s | 1,311 | 6 | #1,354 |
| 2010s | 809 | 0 | #1,963 |
| 2020–25 | 211 | 0 | #4,163 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
65.2% of babies named Vicky from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Vicky is most popular
The index compares Vicky's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Vicky.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 1.82× | 1,171 |
| Kentucky | 1.65× | 1,405 |
| West Virginia | 1.63× | 729 |
| Indiana | 1.55× | 1,860 |
| Kansas | 1.55× | 803 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Vicky and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Vicky (this page) | 53,402 | 1957 |
| Vicki | 153,063 | 1954 |
| Vickie | 109,841 | 1956 |
| Vickey | 5,783 | 1957 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Vicky's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Vicky.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Vicky (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data