Nichol
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 182 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,900since 1944
Nichol over time
Rank among girls' names. Nichol has never cracked the top 700 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
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| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,172 | 121 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,362 | 87 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,207 | 106 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,025 | 143 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,239 | 105 | — | |
| 1980 | #909 | 166 | — | |
| 1979 | #808 | 195 | — | |
| 1978 | #896 | 161 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,009 | 133 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #936 | 137 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #998 | 122 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,013 | 118 | — | |
| 1973 | #851 | 151 | — | |
| 1972 | #764 | 182 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,208 | 85 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nichol! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Nichol
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1972 (#1,057 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1981 (#909 → #1,239)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1972 at #764 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1978–1980
- Highest: 1 in 8,232 girls born in 1979 were named Nichol (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #764 in 1972, was only 1 in 8,358 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 49.2% of all girls named Nichol (1,428) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,574 (1944) | #4,574 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,208 (1969) | #3,792 |
| 1970s | 1,428 | #764 (1972) | #939 |
| 1980s | 971 | #909 (1980) | #1,476 |
| 1990s | 268 | #2,289 (1990) | #4,492 |
| 2000s | 69 | #7,580 (2000) | #12,795 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,558 (2014) | #14,558 |
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.
Nichol in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 14,595 of them was named Nichol, which outranked 89.0% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,047Rebeca115
- #1,047Stephaine115
- #1,047Timothy115
- #1,057Nichol114
- #1,057Gidget114
- #1,057Latrina114
- #1,057Marquita114
- #1,066Annamarie113
- #1,066Janene113
- #1,066Judi113
Tied with 8 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 353,689 of them was named Nichol, which outranked 13.2% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 748 names at #4,907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.