Girls' name · peaked in 1979
Nichole name popularity since 1925
63,954 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Nichole. Half of them were born in 1984 or earlier, so the typical Nichole is about 42 years old in 2026. Nichole peaked in 1979 as the #103 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 63,954
- Named Nichole, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,373 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 63,770 girls · 184 boys
- Most popular in
- Idaho
- 2.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Nichole made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Nichole births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1985. Measured as a share of all babies, Nichole peaked in 1979.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Nichole became 14× more common, from 1 in 11,200 baby girls to 1 in 783.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Nichole's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Nichole.
Decade by decade
Babies named Nichole in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 59 | 0 | #3,322 |
| 1950s | 58 | 0 | #4,293 |
| 1960s | 1,486 | 0 | #1,844 |
| 1970s | 18,519 | 60 | #153 |
| 1980s | 27,235 | 107 | #95 |
| 1990s | 11,529 | 17 | #295 |
| 2000s | 3,283 | 0 | #893 |
| 2010s | 1,301 | 0 | #1,827 |
| 2020–25 | 300 | 0 | #3,373 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.2% of babies named Nichole from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Nichole is most popular
The index compares Nichole's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Nichole.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 2.06× | 513 |
| South Dakota | 1.93× | 384 |
| Maine | 1.85× | 494 |
| Montana | 1.82× | 332 |
| Oregon | 1.82× | 1,068 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Nichole and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Nichole (this page) | 63,770 | 1979 |
| Nicole | 594,500 | 1983 |
| Nicholle | 1,837 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Nichole's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Nichole.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Nichole (1979).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data