Nichole
Nichole is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. Its best rank was 93rd, in 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19852,950 births
- Best rank
- #93in 1983
- Since 1942
- 63,722people given the name
The story in the numbers
63,722 girls have been named Nichole in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 2,950 births — 0.17% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 47 births in 2024, against 2,950 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 43%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 4 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nichole | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 59 | |
| 1950s | 58 | |
| 1960s | 1,486 | |
| 1970s | 18,519 | |
| 1980s | 27,235 | |
| 1990s | 11,528 | |
| 2000s | 3,283 | |
| 2010s | 1,301 | |
| 2020s | 253 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Nichole was the 95th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Nichole
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Telishapeak 1980
- Lashawndapeak 1978
- Shanitapeak 1978
- Sharhondapeak 1983
- Tiffaniepeak 1980
- Tiffaneypeak 1980
- Lashondrapeak 1980
- Natoshapeak 1986
Other spellings in the data
- Nicole595,656 ever
- Nikole6,964 ever
- Nicolle6,012 ever
- Nickole2,542 ever
- Nicholle1,837 ever
- Niccole1,352 ever
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.