# Nichelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nichelle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nischelle, Nishelle |
| US babies named this | 5,548 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 5,543 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,340 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,377 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,944 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,379 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,649 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,511 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,480 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,479 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,375 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,543 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,679 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,869 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,639 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,841 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Nichelle

- Nichelle Nichols, American actress (1932–2022)
- Nichelle Prince, Canadian soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.