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.

Nikol

#7,663 most common girls' name of all time · #12,827 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#7,663
Rank overall
#12,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
885
Since 2016
72
Peak year
1971 #2,105
Best rank
#2,062 1973
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Nikol first appears in 1968. 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 11 — 11 #8,998
2024 6 — 6 #13,819
2023 8 — 8 #11,390
2022 9 — 9 #10,581
2021 5 — 5 #15,723
2019 5 — 5 #15,979
2018 15 — 15 #7,518
2016 13 — 13 #8,510
2015 7 — 7 #13,285
2014 19 — 19 #6,534
2013 18 — 18 #6,821
2012 8 — 8 #12,466
2011 9 — 9 #11,382
2010 8 — 8 #12,526
2009 13 — 13 #9,008
2008 6 — 6 #15,795
2007 18 — 18 #7,188
2005 16 — 16 #7,245
2004 14 — 14 #7,969
2003 11 — 11 #9,199
2002 10 — 10 #9,697
2001 14 — 14 #7,458
2000 15 — 15 #6,937
1999 14 — 14 #6,991
1998 11 — 11 #8,242
1997 14 — 14 #6,630
1996 14 — 14 #6,522
1995 10 — 10 #8,325
1994 12 — 12 #7,289
1993 14 — 14 #6,423
1992 11 — 11 #7,731
1991 15 — 15 #6,096
1990 13 — 13 #6,622
1989 14 — 14 #6,001
1988 20 — 20 #4,417
1987 15 — 15 #5,208
1986 10 — 10 #6,871
1985 14 — 14 #5,235
1984 12 — 12 #5,746
1983 13 — 13 #5,344
1982 24 — 24 #3,500
1981 9 — 9 #7,160
1980 20 — 20 #3,948
1979 21 — 21 #3,755
1978 20 — 20 #3,746
1977 30 — 30 #2,766
1976 18 — 18 #3,783
1975 39 — 39 #2,194
1974 36 — 36 #2,245
1973 40 — 40 #2,062
1972 36 — 36 #2,171
1971 40 — 40 #2,105
1970 30 — 30 #2,521
1969 31 — 31 #2,349
1968 7 — 7 #6,223