Nichole
#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 2,926 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 63,770since 1942
Nichole over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,342 | 46 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 52 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,428 | 73 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,989 | 99 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,775 | 117 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,823 | 114 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,547 | 141 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,273 | 186 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,413 | 162 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,392 | 164 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,342 | 175 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,366 | 174 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,084 | 241 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,102 | 235 | — | |
| 2006 | #956 | 273 | — | |
| 2005 | #893 | 282 | — | |
| 2004 | #768 | 337 | — | |
| 2003 | #748 | 336 | — | |
| 2002 | #647 | 390 | — | |
| 2001 | #556 | 470 | — | |
| 2000 | #495 | 545 | — | |
| 1999 | #448 | 596 | — | |
| 1998 | #427 | 620 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #377 | 714 | — | |
| 1996 | #354 | 783 | — | |
| 1995 | #295 | 937 | — | |
| 1994 | #223 | 1,260 | — | |
| 1993 | #209 | 1,394 | — | |
| 1992 | #192 | 1,581 | — | |
| 1991 | #180 | 1,652 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #151 | 1,992 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #136 | 2,233 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #114 | 2,497 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #111 | 2,538 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #105 | 2,652 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #95 | 2,950 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #97 | 2,806 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #93 | 2,926 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #99 | 2,923 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #109 | 2,772 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #102 | 2,938 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #103 | 2,908 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #116 | 2,511 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #142 | 2,064 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #148 | 1,768 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #153 | 1,764 | — | |
| 1974 | #161 | 1,687 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #160 | 1,718 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #146 | 1,943 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #262 | 1,114 | — | |
| 1970 | #283 | 1,042 | — | |
| 1969 | #314 | 815 | — | |
| 1968 | #694 | 195 | — | |
| 1967 | #820 | 148 | — | |
| 1966 | #860 | 135 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
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| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nichole! It came in at #2,817, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nichole is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#45 · 1 in 182
- North Dakota#53 · 1 in 191
- Wyoming#53 · 1 in 195
- Maine#57 · 1 in 231
- Michigan#58 · 1 in 311
Best ever in a state: #35 in North Dakota, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #45 | 24 | 1 in 182 |
| North Dakota | #53 | 25 | 1 in 191 |
| Wyoming | #53 | 15 | 1 in 195 |
| Maine | #57 | 27 | 1 in 231 |
| Michigan | #58 | 181 | 1 in 311 |
| Montana | #61 | 18 | 1 in 260 |
| Washington | #62 | 93 | 1 in 289 |
| Indiana | #63 | 97 | 1 in 343 |
| Nebraska | #65 | 37 | 1 in 281 |
| Wisconsin | #68 | 90 | 1 in 340 |
| Colorado | #69 | 62 | 1 in 349 |
| Arizona | #70 | 64 | 1 in 330 |
| Iowa | #70 | 58 | 1 in 306 |
| Rhode Island | #70 | 17 | 1 in 274 |
| Nevada | #75 | 15 | 1 in 312 |
| Idaho | #76 | 18 | 1 in 338 |
| Minnesota | #76 | 85 | 1 in 337 |
| Pennsylvania | #76 | 168 | 1 in 405 |
| Kansas | #81 | 39 | 1 in 392 |
| New Hampshire | #82 | 15 | 1 in 356 |
| Ohio | #82 | 154 | 1 in 449 |
| Utah | #83 | 37 | 1 in 404 |
| Oregon | #88 | 39 | 1 in 401 |
| Delaware | #89 | 8 | 1 in 379 |
| Missouri | #89 | 68 | 1 in 461 |
| Maryland | #90 | 49 | 1 in 467 |
| Florida | #91 | 129 | 1 in 478 |
| Illinois | #100 | 141 | 1 in 515 |
| Vermont | #103 | 6 | 1 in 460 |
| New Mexico | #110 | 19 | 1 in 517 |
| West Virginia | #111 | 19 | 1 in 525 |
| Massachusetts | #112 | 59 | 1 in 568 |
| Virginia | #117 | 50 | 1 in 627 |
| California | #120 | 303 | 1 in 636 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 10 | 1 in 527 |
| Alaska | #130 | 8 | 1 in 495 |
| New Jersey | #135 | 53 | 1 in 738 |
| Connecticut | #136 | 23 | 1 in 711 |
| New York | #136 | 131 | 1 in 797 |
| Kentucky | #138 | 31 | 1 in 708 |
| North Carolina | #141 | 46 | 1 in 741 |
| Oklahoma | #141 | 29 | 1 in 713 |
| Arkansas | #148 | 17 | 1 in 751 |
| South Carolina | #149 | 23 | 1 in 767 |
| Texas | #201 | 118 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Georgia | #233 | 26 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Louisiana | #240 | 24 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Mississippi | #255 | 11 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Tennessee | #262 | 17 | 1 in 1,614 |
| Alabama | #490 | 6 | 1 in 3,590 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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 Nichole
- 7 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,342)
- 281 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #3,342)
- 1,519 spots since 2015 (#1,823 → #3,342)
- Biggest jump: 969 spots in 1966 (#1,829 → #860)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2007 (#956 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1983 at #93 (2,926 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1982–1985
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1966–2006
- Highest: 1 in 552 girls born in 1979 were named Nichole (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #93 in 1983, was only 1 in 571 (0.18%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 42.7% of all girls named Nichole (27,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 59 | #2,817 (1942) | #3,612 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,619 (1959) | #4,394 |
| 1960s | 1,486 | #314 (1969) | #1,652 |
| 1970s | 18,519 | #103 (1979) | #167 |
| 1980s | 27,235 | #93 (1983) | #106 |
| 1990s | 11,529 | #151 (1990) | #286 |
| 2000s | 3,283 | #495 (2000) | #862 |
| 2010s | 1,301 | #1,273 (2013) | #1,749 |
| 2020s | 300 | #2,751 (2021) | #3,215 |
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.
Nichole in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 600 of them was named Nichole, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 128,918 of them was named Nichole, which outranked 57.7% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,956Zacharias15
- #2,956Zebulun15
- #2,956Zvi15
- #3,107Nichole14
- #3,107Aditya14
- #3,107Agapito14
- #3,107Ahron14
- #3,270Aden13
- #3,270Adrion13
- #3,270Akim13
Tied with 162 names at #3,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.