Nichol
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 182 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,900since 1944
Nichol over time
Rank among girls' names. Nichol has never cracked the top 700 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,172 | 121 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,362 | 87 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,207 | 106 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,025 | 143 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,239 | 105 | — | |
| 1980 | #909 | 166 | — | |
| 1979 | #808 | 195 | — | |
| 1978 | #896 | 161 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,009 | 133 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #936 | 137 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #998 | 122 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,013 | 118 | — | |
| 1973 | #851 | 151 | — | |
| 1972 | #764 | 182 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,208 | 85 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nichol! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nichol is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#249 · 1 in 980
- Wisconsin#513 · 1 in 5,107
- Michigan#638 · 1 in 6,362
- New Jersey#818 · 1 in 8,083
- Illinois#891 · 1 in 9,124
Best ever in a state: #249 in Hawaii, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #249 | 5 | 1 in 980 |
| Wisconsin | #513 | 6 | 1 in 5,107 |
| Michigan | #638 | 9 | 1 in 6,362 |
| New Jersey | #818 | 5 | 1 in 8,083 |
| Illinois | #891 | 8 | 1 in 9,124 |
| Ohio | #900 | 6 | 1 in 11,515 |
| Florida | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,876 |
| New York | #1,131 | 9 | 1 in 11,877 |
| California | #1,181 | 16 | 1 in 12,641 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 6 | 1 in 22,225 |
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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 Nichol
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1972 (#1,057 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1981 (#909 → #1,239)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1972 at #764 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1978–1980
- Highest: 1 in 8,232 girls born in 1979 were named Nichol (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #764 in 1972, was only 1 in 8,358 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 49.2% of all girls named Nichol (1,428) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,574 (1944) | #4,574 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,208 (1969) | #3,792 |
| 1970s | 1,428 | #764 (1972) | #939 |
| 1980s | 971 | #909 (1980) | #1,476 |
| 1990s | 268 | #2,289 (1990) | #4,492 |
| 2000s | 69 | #7,580 (2000) | #12,795 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,558 (2014) | #14,558 |
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.
Nichol in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 14,222 of them was named Nichol, which outranked 90.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,163Lidia122
- #1,163Phylicia122
- #1,163Susannah122
- #1,172Nichol121
- #1,172Ayesha121
- #1,172Drew121
- #1,172Lawanda121
- #1,178Aracely120
- #1,178Camilla120
- #1,178Cassi120
Tied with 5 names at #1,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.