Nichelle
#2,324 most common girls' name of all time · #3,953 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1961–2025
Rank among girls
#2,324
Rank overall
#3,953 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
5,548
Since 2016
116
Peak year
1968 #486
Best rank
#486 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 395/yr
Nichelle first appears in 1961. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,145 |
| 2024 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,446 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,765 |
| 2022 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,362 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,464 |
| 2020 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,087 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,250 |
| 2018 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,255 |
| 2017 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,183 |
| 2016 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,330 |
| 2015 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,521 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,159 |
| 2013 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,810 |
| 2012 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,229 |
| 2011 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,198 |
| 2010 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,826 |
| 2009 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,295 |
| 2008 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,388 |
| 2007 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,723 |
| 2006 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,290 |
| 2005 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,677 |
| 2004 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,720 |
| 2003 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,155 |
| 2002 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,484 |
| 2001 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,397 |
| 2000 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,606 |
| 1999 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,654 |
| 1998 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,257 |
| 1997 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,630 |
| 1996 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,664 |
| 1995 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,415 |
| 1994 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,262 |
| 1993 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,289 |
| 1992 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,031 |
| 1991 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,074 |
| 1990 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,118 |
| 1989 | 155 | 5 | 160 | #1,086 |
| 1988 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,238 |
| 1987 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,096 |
| 1986 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,196 |
| 1985 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,006 |
| 1984 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,065 |
| 1983 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,177 |
| 1982 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,149 |
| 1981 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,376 |
| 1980 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,057 |
| 1979 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,330 |
| 1978 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,071 |
| 1977 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,205 |
| 1976 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,280 |
| 1975 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,034 |
| 1974 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,092 |
| 1973 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,031 |
| 1972 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,044 |
| 1971 | 164 | — | 164 | #841 |
| 1970 | 205 | — | 205 | #728 |
| 1969 | 331 | — | 331 | #540 |
| 1968 | 395 | — | 395 | #486 |
| 1967 | 361 | — | 361 | #500 |
| 1966 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,543 |
| 1964 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,912 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,878 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,792 |