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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Nicol has never cracked the top 900 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 | #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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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 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#429 · 1 in 3,602
- Pennsylvania#597 · 1 in 7,162
- Illinois#681 · 1 in 7,312
- New Jersey#726 · 1 in 8,372
- Ohio#1,035 · 1 in 17,832
Best ever in a state: #410 in Colorado, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #429 | 7 | 1 in 3,602 |
| Pennsylvania | #597 | 12 | 1 in 7,162 |
| Illinois | #681 | 12 | 1 in 7,312 |
| New Jersey | #726 | 6 | 1 in 8,372 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 5 | 1 in 17,832 |
| California | #1,057 | 13 | 1 in 12,618 |
| Texas | #1,074 | 8 | 1 in 13,022 |
| New York | #1,203 | 8 | 1 in 17,675 |
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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 Nicol
- 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 (#1,059 → #997)
- Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1971 (#997 → #1,140)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1970 at #997 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1970
- 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
- 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.
Nicol in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 13,985 of them was named Nicol, which outranked 89.3% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #989Sofia126
- #989Stephany126
- #989Treena126
- #997Nicol125
- #997Cammie125
- #997Gillian125
- #997Ginny125
- #1,008Brandie124
- #1,008Mellisa124
- #1,008Scott124
Tied with 10 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 371,646 of them was named Nicol, which outranked 13.0% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 709 names at #4,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.