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.

Nichols

#5,668 most common boys' name of all time · #14,127 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2009

Rank among boys
#5,668
Rank overall
#14,127 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
758
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #1,352
Best rank
#1,352 1987
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
19201940196019802000

Nichols first appears in 1914. 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
2009 — 5 5 #12,645
2007 — 7 7 #9,895
2006 — 5 5 #12,204
2003 — 5 5 #11,056
2002 — 7 7 #8,559
2001 — 15 15 #4,933
2000 — 12 12 #5,636
1999 — 12 12 #5,363
1998 — 8 8 #6,925
1997 — 13 13 #4,712
1996 — 18 18 #3,704
1995 — 20 20 #3,326
1994 — 18 18 #3,633
1993 — 14 14 #4,271
1992 — 14 14 #4,159
1991 — 23 23 #2,850
1990 — 23 23 #2,796
1989 — 24 24 #2,637
1988 — 36 36 #1,858
1987 — 55 55 #1,352
1986 — 40 40 #1,631
1985 — 36 36 #1,711
1984 — 33 33 #1,735
1983 — 28 28 #1,926
1982 — 22 22 #2,301
1981 — 24 24 #2,165
1980 — 24 24 #2,180
1979 — 33 33 #1,734
1978 — 21 21 #2,235
1977 — 11 11 #3,460
1974 — 10 10 #3,408
1973 — 5 5 #5,281
1972 — 12 12 #2,888
1971 — 6 6 #4,531
1969 — 5 5 #4,596
1967 — 5 5 #4,172
1964 — 7 7 #3,429
1956 — 8 8 #3,103
1955 — 7 7 #3,345
1952 — 6 6 #3,541
1951 — 6 6 #3,546
1947 — 7 7 #3,255
1946 — 5 5 #3,766
1940 — 5 5 #3,702
1939 — 5 5 #3,747
1927 — 5 5 #4,448
1926 — 5 5 #4,452
1925 — 5 5 #4,482
1923 — 5 5 #4,510
1920 — 6 6 #4,035
1919 — 6 6 #3,955
1918 — 5 5 #4,435
1916 — 5 5 #4,193
1915 — 5 5 #4,096
1914 — 6 6 #3,218