How rare is the name Nichole?

55,220 people in the United States have the first name Nichole, about 1 in 5,470. It ranks #841 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NICHOLE

#841

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
55,220
About
1 in 5,470
This common or more
67.5%
Who bears it

Of the 55,220 people named Nichole, 74.6% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nichole peaked in 1985, when 2,962 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
1985
Births that year
2,962
In 2025*
46 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 63,954 babies have been given the name since 1942. 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.

Nichole by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #216. The largest share of babies named Nichole, 53.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#6,45359
1950s#7,60458
1960s#1,4451,486
1970s#30718,579
1980s#21627,342
1990s#50211,546
2000s#1,4373,283
2010s#2,9811,301
2020s#5,639300
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–8035.7%
Millennials 1981–9653.2%
Generation Z 1997–128.9%
2013 and later1.7%

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 Nichole is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nichole has been most common in Idaho (2.1×), Wyoming (2.1×), and Oregon (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).

61,744 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.

Either side of Nichole

#839 Angelo · 55,360#840 Kirk · 55,261#842 Kari · 55,005#843 Clinton · 54,834

Spelled almost the same

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

#78 Nicole · 544,076#2,111 Nicola · 12,714#3,406 Nikole · 6,169#3,470 Nicolle · 5,984#3,697 Nichelle · 5,498#5,671 Nichol · 2,979#5,938 Nicol · 2,775#7,269 Nickole · 2,115

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