Girls' name · peaked in 1994

Nicolette name popularity since 1925

17,096 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Nicolette. Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Nicolette is about 32 years old in 2026. Nicolette peaked in 1994 as the #328 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 17,096; Named Nicolette, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1994; #328 for girls that year
Typical age: About 32; Median birth year 1994
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,729 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 17,091 girls · 5 boys
Most popular in: New Jersey; 3.05× its national share

Peak year is the year Nicolette 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.

Nicolette births per year, 1925–2025

1994 was the biggest year for Nicolette both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Nicolette became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 6,430 baby girls to 1 in 2,260.
Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 2,260 to 1 in 4,220.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Nicolette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Nicolette.

Decade by decade

Babies named Nicolette 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	11	0	–
1930s	30	0	Under 5
1940s	252	0	#2,702
1950s	772	0	#1,268
1960s	828	0	#1,247
1970s	988	0	#1,307
1980s	2,930	5	#698
1990s	6,213	0	#392
2000s	2,879	0	#868
2010s	1,469	0	#1,675
2020–25	719	0	#1,729

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

43.0% of babies named Nicolette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Nicolette is most popular

The index compares Nicolette'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 Nicolette.

State	Index	Babies
New Jersey	3.05×	1,143
New York	2.24×	2,308
Arizona	2.02×	357
Illinois	2.00×	1,326
California	1.95×	2,812

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Nicolette 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
Nicolette (this page)	17,091	1994
Nicholette	1,297	1993
Nicollette	1,229	1991

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Nicolette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Nicolette.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Nicolette (1994).

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