Nicol
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Last seen for boys in 1973 at #4,054
- Given to girls 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,220since 1956
Nicol over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nicol has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,514 | 68 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,252 | 87 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,200 | 89 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #1,022 | 114 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,140 | 102 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,059 | 107 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Nicol! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nicol is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nicol in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nicol
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,223 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #6,838)
- 721 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #6,838)
- 1,005 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1970
- Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1971
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1970 at #997 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,344
- Highest: 1 in 13,344 girls born in 1972 were named Nicol (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #997 in 1970, was only 1 in 13,985 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 36.4% of all girls named Nicol (808) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,952 (1956) | #5,952 |
| 1960s | 262 | #1,059 (1969) | #2,960 |
| 1970s | 808 | #997 (1970) | #1,449 |
| 1980s | 295 | #2,218 (1980) | #3,220 |
| 1990s | 186 | #4,201 (1999) | #5,409 |
| 2000s | 306 | #3,654 (2002) | #4,486 |
| 2010s | 239 | #3,645 (2013) | #6,016 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,873 (2023) | #6,142 |
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.
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