# Nicol (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nicol/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,248 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28 / 2,220 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 319, 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 | 37 | 4,052 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,675 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,686 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,423 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,980 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,512 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,659 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,623 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,852 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,345 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,929 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,963 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,743 |
| 2025 | 16 | 7,052 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 4,561 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,830 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,230 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,756 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,373 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 24 | 1,206 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Nicol

- Nicol Williamson, British actor (1936–2011)
- Nicol Gastaldi, Argentine olympic alpine skier
- Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, British politician (born 1960)
- Andrew Thorne, British Army general (1885–1970)

## 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.