Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nichael

#16,070 most common boys' name of all time · #41,819 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–1995

Rank among boys
#16,070
Rank overall
#41,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
92
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1981 #3,809
Best rank
#3,809 1981
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
1980

Nichael first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1995 — 6 6 #8,195
1991 — 5 5 #8,798
1990 — 6 6 #7,574
1989 — 6 6 #7,444
1988 — 10 10 #4,658
1987 — 8 8 #5,273
1986 — 8 8 #5,154
1985 — 5 5 #7,105
1981 — 11 11 #3,809
1980 — 7 7 #5,333
1977 — 5 5 #6,503
1974 — 5 5 #5,801
1973 — 5 5 #5,716
1972 — 5 5 #5,708