Nicole
#45 most common girls' name of all time · #100 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1937–2025
Rank among girls
#45
Rank overall
#100 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
596,465
Since 2016
12,240
Peak year
1985 #7
Best rank
#6 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 23,043/yr
Nicole first appears in 1937. 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 | 803 | — | 803 | #382 |
| 2024 | 964 | — | 964 | #318 |
| 2023 | 942 | — | 942 | #326 |
| 2022 | 996 | — | 996 | #323 |
| 2021 | 955 | — | 955 | #341 |
| 2020 | 1,163 | — | 1,163 | #266 |
| 2019 | 1,365 | 5 | 1,370 | #229 |
| 2018 | 1,429 | — | 1,429 | #217 |
| 2017 | 1,664 | — | 1,664 | #184 |
| 2016 | 1,954 | — | 1,954 | #162 |
| 2015 | 2,116 | — | 2,116 | #154 |
| 2014 | 2,540 | — | 2,540 | #128 |
| 2013 | 3,352 | 8 | 3,360 | #91 |
| 2012 | 2,661 | — | 2,661 | #114 |
| 2011 | 2,655 | 5 | 2,660 | #117 |
| 2010 | 2,570 | — | 2,570 | #123 |
| 2009 | 2,770 | 7 | 2,777 | #119 |
| 2008 | 3,291 | 5 | 3,296 | #106 |
| 2007 | 3,873 | 10 | 3,883 | #86 |
| 2006 | 4,322 | 13 | 4,335 | #74 |
| 2005 | 4,993 | 12 | 5,005 | #56 |
| 2004 | 5,741 | 17 | 5,758 | #43 |
| 2003 | 6,238 | 13 | 6,251 | #40 |
| 2002 | 6,974 | 17 | 6,991 | #37 |
| 2001 | 7,820 | 14 | 7,834 | #36 |
| 2000 | 8,563 | 21 | 8,584 | #31 |
| 1999 | 9,515 | 22 | 9,537 | #25 |
| 1998 | 9,911 | 9 | 9,920 | #24 |
| 1997 | 10,744 | 17 | 10,761 | #21 |
| 1996 | 11,135 | 20 | 11,155 | #22 |
| 1995 | 12,277 | 22 | 12,299 | #19 |
| 1994 | 16,011 | 39 | 16,050 | #11 |
| 1993 | 16,183 | 40 | 16,223 | #13 |
| 1992 | 16,327 | 37 | 16,364 | #14 |
| 1991 | 16,046 | 32 | 16,078 | #15 |
| 1990 | 17,954 | 42 | 17,996 | #13 |
| 1989 | 19,032 | 107 | 19,139 | #12 |
| 1988 | 20,315 | 60 | 20,375 | #9 |
| 1987 | 20,286 | 77 | 20,363 | #8 |
| 1986 | 21,292 | 85 | 21,377 | #7 |
| 1985 | 22,966 | 77 | 23,043 | #7 |
| 1984 | 22,270 | 75 | 22,345 | #7 |
| 1983 | 22,400 | 86 | 22,486 | #7 |
| 1982 | 21,706 | 84 | 21,790 | #6 |
| 1981 | 20,310 | 85 | 20,395 | #7 |
| 1980 | 19,917 | 86 | 20,003 | #7 |
| 1979 | 19,510 | 71 | 19,581 | #9 |
| 1978 | 17,279 | 78 | 17,357 | #10 |
| 1977 | 15,247 | 74 | 15,321 | #15 |
| 1976 | 14,453 | 63 | 14,516 | #13 |
| 1975 | 14,275 | 63 | 14,338 | #10 |
| 1974 | 13,112 | 56 | 13,168 | #11 |
| 1973 | 13,922 | 59 | 13,981 | #11 |
| 1972 | 15,755 | 74 | 15,829 | #10 |
| 1971 | 10,423 | 48 | 10,471 | #27 |
| 1970 | 10,691 | 51 | 10,742 | #30 |
| 1969 | 7,212 | 31 | 7,243 | #47 |
| 1968 | 3,083 | 8 | 3,091 | #108 |
| 1967 | 2,776 | 8 | 2,784 | #122 |
| 1966 | 2,028 | 8 | 2,036 | #169 |
| 1965 | 898 | 9 | 907 | #298 |
| 1964 | 831 | 5 | 836 | #331 |
| 1963 | 655 | — | 655 | #381 |
| 1962 | 565 | 5 | 570 | #407 |
| 1961 | 273 | 5 | 278 | #616 |
| 1960 | 243 | — | 243 | #649 |
| 1959 | 205 | — | 205 | #701 |
| 1958 | 180 | — | 180 | #743 |
| 1957 | 141 | — | 141 | #858 |
| 1956 | 153 | — | 153 | #805 |
| 1955 | 120 | — | 120 | #898 |
| 1954 | 110 | — | 110 | #919 |
| 1953 | 120 | — | 120 | #856 |
| 1952 | 103 | — | 103 | #913 |
| 1951 | 93 | — | 93 | #969 |
| 1950 | 89 | — | 89 | #957 |
| 1949 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,084 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,105 |
| 1946 | 80 | — | 80 | #935 |
| 1945 | 61 | — | 61 | #993 |
| 1944 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,039 |
| 1943 | 89 | — | 89 | #829 |
| 1942 | 70 | — | 70 | #945 |
| 1941 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,417 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,588 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,831 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,144 |