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.

Nichole

#519 most common girls' name of all time · #952 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1942–2025

Rank among girls
#519
Rank overall
#952 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
63,954
Since 2016
659
Peak year
1985 #95
Best rank
#93 1983
Girls Boys peak 2,962/yr
1960198020002020

Nichole first appears in 1942. 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
2025 46 46 #3,351
2024 47 47 #3,343
2023 48 48 #3,343
2022 45 45 #3,485
2021 62 62 #2,766
2020 52 52 #3,068
2019 73 73 #2,436
2018 70 70 #2,515
2017 99 99 #1,995
2016 117 117 #1,781
2015 114 114 #1,824
2014 141 141 #1,548
2013 186 186 #1,273
2012 162 162 #1,413
2011 164 164 #1,396
2010 175 175 #1,342
2009 174 174 #1,368
2008 241 241 #1,084
2007 235 235 #1,103
2006 273 273 #958
2005 282 282 #893
2004 337 337 #769
2003 336 336 #748
2002 390 390 #648
2001 470 470 #556
2000 545 545 #495
1999 596 596 #449
1998 620 5 625 #427
1997 714 714 #377
1996 783 783 #354
1995 937 937 #295
1994 1,260 1,260 #224
1993 1,394 1,394 #209
1992 1,581 1,581 #192
1991 1,652 7 1,659 #180
1990 1,992 5 1,997 #151
1989 2,233 10 2,243 #136
1988 2,497 13 2,510 #115
1987 2,538 12 2,550 #111
1986 2,652 10 2,662 #105
1985 2,950 12 2,962 #95
1984 2,806 14 2,820 #97
1983 2,926 7 2,933 #93
1982 2,923 9 2,932 #99
1981 2,772 7 2,779 #109
1980 2,938 13 2,951 #102
1979 2,908 12 2,920 #103
1978 2,511 10 2,521 #116
1977 2,064 5 2,069 #142
1976 1,768 5 1,773 #148
1975 1,764 1,764 #153
1974 1,687 8 1,695 #161
1973 1,718 10 1,728 #160
1972 1,943 10 1,953 #146
1971 1,114 1,114 #262
1970 1,042 1,042 #283
1969 815 815 #314
1968 195 195 #696
1967 148 148 #825
1966 135 135 #864
1965 39 39 #1,841
1964 50 50 #1,631
1963 42 42 #1,810
1962 32 32 #2,104
1961 15 15 #3,414
1960 15 15 #3,304
1959 12 12 #3,754
1958 9 9 #4,406
1957 8 8 #4,788
1956 6 6 #5,711
1955 9 9 #4,282
1954 8 8 #4,538
1950 6 6 #5,156
1949 10 10 #3,578
1948 10 10 #3,550
1947 7 7 #4,677
1945 9 9 #3,366
1944 6 6 #4,514
1943 6 6 #4,649
1942 11 11 #2,985