How rare is the name Nichelle?

5,498 people in the United States have the first name Nichelle, about 1 in 54,935. It ranks #3,697 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NICHELLE

#3,697

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,498
About
1 in 54,935
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,498 people named Nichelle, 54.7% reported their origin as Black, 28.8% as White and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nichelle peaked in 1968, when 395 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
1968
Births that year
395
In 2025*
8 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,548 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nichelle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,638. The largest share of babies named Nichelle, 45%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#1,6381,197
1970s#1,7601,226
1980s#1,8941,282
1990s#2,3961,196
2000s#6,017423
2010s#12,065166
2020s#16,52158
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8045%
Millennials 1981–9638.4%
Generation Z 1997–1212.5%
2013 and later3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nichelle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nichelle has been most common in District of Columbia (6.1×), Maryland (2.2×), and California (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.4×).

3,278 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nichelle

1 other first name also has 5,498 people.

#3,697 Gannon · 5,498

Either side of Nichelle

#3,696 Chan · 5,500#3,697 Gannon · 5,498#3,699 Yehuda · 5,492#3,700 Alix · 5,491

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nichelle, most common first.

#841 Nichole · 55,220#3,470 Nicolle · 5,984#8,303 Nicholle · 1,752#19,044 Nichele · 561#38,650 Nikelle · 198#39,783 Nicholl · 189#50,139 Nickelle · 121#53,366 Nickell · 100

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