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.

Nicol

#4,154 most common girls' name of all time · #7,065 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among girls
#4,154
Rank overall
#7,065 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,248
Since 2016
176
Peak year
1970 #1,007
Best rank
#1,007 1970
Girls Boys peak 130/yr
1960198020002020

Nicol first appears in 1956. 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 16 — 16 #6,910
2024 22 — 22 #5,649
2023 27 — 27 #4,905
2022 21 — 21 #5,840
2021 19 — 19 #6,239
2020 14 — 14 #7,645
2019 15 — 15 #7,429
2018 15 — 15 #7,508
2017 11 — 11 #9,450
2016 16 — 16 #7,321
2015 22 — 22 #5,896
2014 25 — 25 #5,346
2013 42 — 42 #3,662
2012 24 — 24 #5,598
2011 37 — 37 #4,023
2010 32 — 32 #4,529
2009 26 — 26 #5,425
2008 28 — 28 #5,181
2007 25 — 25 #5,575
2006 31 — 31 #4,617
2005 30 — 30 #4,523
2004 39 — 39 #3,716
2003 29 — 29 #4,454
2002 36 — 36 #3,675
2001 30 — 30 #4,145
2000 32 — 32 #3,922
1999 27 — 27 #4,237
1998 24 — 24 #4,538
1997 11 — 11 #7,896
1996 17 — 17 #5,598
1995 15 — 15 #6,052
1994 14 — 14 #6,433
1993 20 — 20 #4,883
1992 21 — 21 #4,759
1991 22 — 22 #4,561
1990 15 — 15 #5,944
1989 34 — 34 #3,130
1988 23 — 23 #3,955
1987 20 — 20 #4,192
1986 22 — 22 #3,827
1985 30 — 30 #3,053
1984 18 — 18 #4,239
1983 31 — 31 #2,821
1982 37 — 37 #2,559
1981 35 — 35 #2,645
1980 45 — 45 #2,236
1979 42 — 42 #2,293
1978 63 — 63 #1,684
1977 53 — 53 #1,894
1976 68 — 68 #1,520
1975 65 — 65 #1,558
1974 87 — 87 #1,259
1973 89 7 96 #1,208
1972 114 — 114 #1,029
1971 102 6 108 #1,145
1970 125 5 130 #1,007
1969 107 5 112 #1,064
1968 52 5 57 #1,604
1967 29 — 29 #2,268
1966 29 — 29 #2,245
1965 11 — 11 #4,163
1964 17 — 17 #3,234
1963 10 — 10 #4,503
1962 7 — 7 #5,747
1956 5 — 5 #6,843