# Nichole (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nichole/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 184 / 63,770 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 210, 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 | 164 | 1,400 |
| 2012 | 162 | 1,415 |
| 2013 | 186 | 1,275 |
| 2014 | 141 | 1,550 |
| 2015 | 114 | 1,827 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,784 |
| 2017 | 99 | 2,001 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,527 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,448 |
| 2020 | 52 | 3,085 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,779 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,520 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3,366 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,374 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,373 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 10 | 3,774 |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,501 |
| 1980 | 13 | 3,376 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,316 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,480 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,310 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,223 |
| 1985 | 12 | 3,737 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,371 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,895 |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,836 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,070 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,091 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,048 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,811 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,983 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Nichole

- Nichole Sakura, American actress
- Nichole M. Danzl, American astronomer
- Nichole Marie Cordova, American singer
- Nichole Galicia, American-Panamanian actress
- Hayley Williams, American singer
- Madison Rayne, American professional wrestler
- Brooke Adams, American model and professional wrestler
- Adrianna Franch, American soccer player
- Cheyenne Kimball, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist

## 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.