Nichole Girl
How popular is Nichole?
#3,341 girl name in 2025
46 baby girls were named Nichole in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name.
Nichole popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,341 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 46 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,823 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (2,950 girls) |
| Highest rank | #93 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nichole counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nichole family of names ranked #2,283 for girls in 2025 (#2,216 the year before), with 54 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nichole | 46 | 85% |
| Nichelle | 8 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nichole is most popular
Babies named Nichole per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Nichole by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 59 | #2,815 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,618 |
| 1960s | 1,486 | #314 |
| 1970s | 18,519 | #103 |
| 1980s | 27,235 | #93 |
| 1990s | 11,529 | #151 |
| 2000s | 3,283 | #495 |
| 2010s | 1,301 | #1,273 |
| 2020s | 300 | #2,751 |
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Questions
- Is Nichole a boy or girl name?
- Nichole is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nichole were girls.
- How popular is the name Nichole?
- 46 baby girls were named Nichole in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name.
- When was Nichole most popular?
- Nichole peaked in 1985, when 2,950 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #93 in 1983.
- How many people are named Nichole?
- 63,954 babies have been named Nichole in the US since 1880. We estimate about 61,837 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Nichole most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nichole was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.