# Nicole (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nicole/  
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 | “nicholas” |
| Pronunciation | /nɪˈkoʊl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nichole |
| US babies named this | 596,465 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,965 / 594,500 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,786, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).

## 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 | 2,655 | 117 |
| 2012 | 2,661 | 114 |
| 2013 | 3,352 | 91 |
| 2014 | 2,540 | 128 |
| 2015 | 2,116 | 154 |
| 2016 | 1,954 | 162 |
| 2017 | 1,664 | 184 |
| 2018 | 1,429 | 217 |
| 2019 | 1,365 | 229 |
| 2020 | 1,163 | 266 |
| 2021 | 955 | 341 |
| 2022 | 996 | 323 |
| 2023 | 942 | 326 |
| 2024 | 964 | 319 |
| 2025 | 803 | 383 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 | 6,683 |
| 1999 | 22 | 3,557 |
| 2000 | 21 | 3,875 |
| 2001 | 14 | 5,323 |
| 2002 | 17 | 4,648 |
| 2003 | 13 | 5,784 |
| 2004 | 17 | 4,946 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,510 |
| 2006 | 13 | 6,359 |
| 2007 | 10 | 8,002 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,016 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,652 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,749 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,408 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,553 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 605 | 97 |
| 2012 | 488 | 119 |
| 2013 | 389 | 138 |
| 2014 | 388 | 141 |
| 2015 | 336 | 162 |
| 2016 | 300 | 181 |
| 2017 | 256 | 205 |
| 2018 | 225 | 225 |
| 2019 | 250 | 194 |
| 2020 | 167 | 279 |
| 2021 | 181 | 260 |
| 2022 | 155 | 290 |
| 2023 | 124 | 347 |
| 2024 | 131 | 328 |
| 2025 | 99 | 412 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نيكول
- Chinese: 妮科爾 /妮科尔
- Czech: Nikol, Nikola
- Danish: Nicole
- French: Nicole
- German: Nicole
- Polish: Nikola
- Russian: Нико́ль
- Slovak: Nikola
- Ukrainian: Ніко́ль

## People named Nicole

- Nicole Kidman, Australian-American actress, producer, and model (born 1967)
- Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress (born 1978)
- Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and television personality (1967–2007)
- Nicole Oresme, 14th century French philosopher and bishop
- Nicole Anderson, American actress
- Nicole Richie, American television personality and actress
- Nicole Vaidisova, Czech tennis player
- Nicole Stott, American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Nicole Krauss, American novelist (born 1974)
- Nicole Garcia, French actress, film director and screenwriter (born 1946)
- Nicole-Reine Lepaute, French astronomer (1723-1788)
- Nicole Hosp, Austrian alpine skier

## 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.