Nicol Girl
How popular is Nicol?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Nicol in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
Nicol popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▼ 1225 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,831 in 2015, #7,554 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (125 girls) |
| Highest rank | #997 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| 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 |
Nicol counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nicole family of names ranked #351 for girls in 2025 (#314 the year before), with 913 babies in all.
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 Nicol is most popular
Babies named Nicol per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Nicol by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1960s | 262 | #1,059 |
| 1970s | 808 | #997 |
| 1980s | 295 | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 186 | #4,197 |
| 2000s | 306 | #3,650 |
| 2010s | 239 | #3,643 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,870 |
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Questions
- Is Nicol a boy or girl name?
- Nicol is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nicol were girls.
- How popular is the name Nicol?
- 16 baby girls were named Nicol in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Nicol most popular?
- Nicol peaked in 1970, when 125 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #997 in 1970.
- How many people are named Nicol?
- 2,248 babies have been named Nicol in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,161 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 45.
- Where is Nicol most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nicol 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.