Nicole Girl
How popular is Nicole?
#382 girl name in 2025
803 baby girls were named Nicole in the US in 2025, making it the 382nd most popular girl name.
Nicole popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #382 for girls (▼ 64 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 803 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #154 in 2015, #266 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (22,966 girls) |
| Highest rank | #6 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nicole 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 Nicole is most popular
Babies named Nicole per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 1.3 per 1,000 (560 girls)
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Illinois: 1.0 per 1,000 (237 girls)
- California: 1.0 per 1,000 (825 girls)
- Arizona: 0.9 per 1,000 (122 girls)
Nicole by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 28 | #2,417 |
| 1940s | 616 | #824 |
| 1950s | 1,314 | #700 |
| 1960s | 18,564 | #47 |
| 1970s | 144,667 | #9 |
| 1980s | 210,494 | #6 |
| 1990s | 136,103 | #11 |
| 2000s | 54,585 | #31 |
| 2010s | 22,306 | #91 |
| 2020s | 5,823 | #266 |
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Questions
- Is Nicole a boy or girl name?
- Nicole is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nicole were girls.
- How popular is the name Nicole?
- 803 baby girls were named Nicole in the US in 2025, making it the 382nd most popular girl name.
- When was Nicole most popular?
- Nicole peaked in 1985, when 22,966 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #6 in 1982.
- How many people are named Nicole?
- 596,465 babies have been named Nicole in the US since 1880. We estimate about 577,913 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Nicole most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nicole was most common in Florida, at 1.3 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.