first name
NICOLETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,753 people named Nicolette, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nicolette peaked in 1994, when 821 babies got the name.
At least 17,134 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Nicolette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #800. The largest share of babies named Nicolette, 42.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Nicolette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nicolette has been most common in New Jersey (3×), New York (2.2×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Tennessee (0.16×).
13,448 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 Nicolette
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nicolette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nicolette ranks #51,542 of 156,621, with 436 people. See Nicolette as a last name
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