Nichelle
Nichelle is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 486th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1968395 births
- Best rank
- #486in 1968
- Since 1961
- 5,536people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,536 girls have been named Nichelle in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1968, with 395 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 395 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 23%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1968, its biggest year
Nichelle was the 486th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1968 were Lisa, Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. See all of 1968.
Names that rose and fell with Nichelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kellyannpeak 1969
- Cinnamonpeak 1969
- Seanapeak 1969
- Richellepeak 1969
- Brigettepeak 1968
- Lachellepeak 1990
- Carlisapeak 1990
- Kelliepeak 1969
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.