# Nichol (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nichol/  
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 | Nickol |
| US babies named this | 2,922 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 2,900 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 12 | 7,382 |
| 1996 | 22 | 4,699 |
| 1997 | 24 | 4,476 |
| 1998 | 19 | 5,522 |
| 1999 | 15 | 6,755 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,914 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,761 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,241 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,440 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,098 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,283 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,709 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,330 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,401 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,997 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 6 | 4,269 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,431 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,407 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,546 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |

## 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.