Nichole

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1983 · 2,926 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
63,770
since 1942

Nichole over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #93, 1983girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,34246
2024#3,33547
2023#3,32948
2022#3,47045
2021#2,75162
2020#3,06152
2019#2,42873
2018#2,50870
2017#1,98999
2016#1,775117
2015#1,823114
2014#1,547141
2013#1,273186
2012#1,413162
2011#1,392164
2010#1,342175
2009#1,366174
2008#1,084241
2007#1,102235
2006#956273
2005#893282
2004#768337
2003#748336
2002#647390
2001#556470
2000#495545
1999#448596
1998#427620#9,6315
1997#377714
1996#354783
1995#295937
1994#2231,260
1993#2091,394
1992#1921,581
1991#1801,652#6,5197
1990#1511,992#8,1175
1989#1362,233#4,81110
1988#1142,497#3,70513
1987#1112,538#3,73112
1986#1052,652#4,13010
1985#952,950#3,59912
1984#972,806#3,10714
1983#932,926#4,9077
1982#992,923#4,2349
1981#1092,772#4,9617
1980#1022,938#3,25613
1979#1032,908#3,35712
1978#1162,511#3,61410
1977#1422,064#5,8455
1976#1481,768#5,5875
1975#1531,764
1974#1611,687#3,8378
1973#1601,718#3,22310
1972#1461,943#3,15210
1971#2621,114
1970#2831,042
1969#314815
1968#694195
1967#820148
1966#860135
1965#1,82939
1964#1,61050
1963#1,78742
1962#2,07332
1961#3,31815
1960#3,21215
1959#3,61912
1958#4,1939
1957#4,5368
1956#5,3256
1955#4,0699
1954#4,2788
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1950#4,7386
1949#3,39310
1948#3,35010
1947#4,3457
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1945#3,1329
1944#4,0546
1943#4,1966
1942#2,81711
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Nichole! It came in at #2,817, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#3,335#3,342)
  • 281 spots since 2020 (#3,061#3,342)
  • 1,519 spots since 2015 (#1,823#3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 969 spots in 1966 (#1,829#860)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2007 (#956#1,102)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1983 at #93 (2,926 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1982–1985
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1966–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 552
  • Highest: 1 in 552 girls born in 1979 were named Nichole (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #93 in 1983, was only 1 in 571 (0.18%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 42.7% of all girls named Nichole (27,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s59#2,817 (1942)#3,612
1950s58#3,619 (1959)#4,394
1960s1,486#314 (1969)#1,652
1970s18,519#103 (1979)#167
1980s27,235#93 (1983)#106
1990s11,529#151 (1990)#286
2000s3,283#495 (2000)#862
2010s1,301#1,273 (2013)#1,749
2020s300#2,751 (2021)#3,215

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.

Nichole in 1998

girls
#427
620 births · 1 in 2,850 girls
boys
#9,631
5 births · 1 in 382,273 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #427Nichole620

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #9,631Nichole5
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 2,850 of them was named Nichole, which outranked 97.4% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nichole
  1. #424Tayler623
  2. #424Tierra623
  3. #426Ellen622
  4. #427Nichole620
  5. #428Georgia619
  6. #428Karissa619
  7. #430Haleigh617
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 382,273 of them was named Nichole, which outranked 14.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nichole
  1. #8,479Zerik6
  2. #8,479Zhaire6
  3. #8,479Zymir6
  4. #9,631Nichole5
  5. #9,631Aadil5
  6. #9,631Aaliyah5
  7. #9,631Aaronmichael5

Tied with 1,680 names at #9,631; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998