Nichelle
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 395 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,543since 1961
Nichelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Nichelle has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,379 | 66 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,640 | 53 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,624 | 97 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,656 | 92 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,410 | 116 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,259 | 136 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,284 | 132 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,030 | 181 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,071 | 169 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,085 | 155 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,093 | 139 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,194 | 118 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,002 | 152 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,059 | 132 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,368 | 90 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,053 | 135 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,069 | 124 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,199 | 102 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,273 | 87 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,089 | 107 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,028 | 114 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 | — | |
| 1970 | #726 | 205 | — | |
| 1969 | #540 | 331 | — | |
| 1968 | #486 | 395 | — | |
| 1967 | #500 | 361 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nichelle! It came in at #3,608, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Nichelle is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#429 · 1 in 3,135
- Indiana#652 · 1 in 7,090
- Georgia#705 · 1 in 6,814
- Pennsylvania#832 · 1 in 11,259
- Michigan#934 · 1 in 11,776
Best ever in a state: #127 in District of Columbia, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #429 | 6 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Indiana | #652 | 5 | 1 in 7,090 |
| Georgia | #705 | 5 | 1 in 6,814 |
| Pennsylvania | #832 | 6 | 1 in 11,259 |
| Michigan | #934 | 5 | 1 in 11,776 |
| Ohio | #958 | 5 | 1 in 14,050 |
| California | #986 | 13 | 1 in 10,061 |
| New York | #1,023 | 9 | 1 in 11,483 |
| Illinois | #1,154 | 5 | 1 in 14,043 |
| Texas | #1,283 | 6 | 1 in 15,728 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nichelle
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 1,964 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #10,917)
- 4,465 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 1,522 spots in 1967 (#2,022 → #500)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1972 (#836 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1968 at #486 (395 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1967–1971
- Highest: 1 in 4,153 girls born in 1968 were named Nichelle (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.0% of all girls named Nichelle (1,277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,197 | #486 (1968) | #2,288 |
| 1970s | 1,226 | #726 (1970) | #1,061 |
| 1980s | 1,277 | #1,002 (1985) | #1,139 |
| 1990s | 1,196 | #1,030 (1992) | #1,533 |
| 2000s | 423 | #2,379 (2001) | #3,647 |
| 2010s | 166 | #5,771 (2010) | #7,187 |
| 2020s | 58 | #7,281 (2022) | #10,196 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nichelle in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 12,791 of them was named Nichelle, which outranked 89.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,015Shay115
- #1,015Sunshine115
- #1,015Valorie115
- #1,028Nichelle114
- #1,028Cecily114
- #1,028Roxann114
- #1,028Shani114
- #1,033Gerri113
- #1,033Justina113
- #1,033Marlena113
Tied with 4 names at #1,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.