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Nicole

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~578,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#382 among girls
Births in 2025
803 596,465 since 1880
Typical age
39 years, median

Nicole popularity over time

Nicole rank by birth year, 1937–2025Nicole ranked #2,940 in 1937 and #382 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1982.#10#100#1,000#382best #6 in 198219401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1937–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1985 is the peak year for Nicole, with 23,043 births. 1937 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Nicole has spent 40 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #382 with 803 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 62%. It slipped 64 places against the previous year.

Babies named Nicole per yearPeaks at 23,043 births in 1985.23,043 in 1985019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Nicole?

About 578,700 people named Nicole are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 596,465 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Nicole?

Median age among living Nicoles: 39. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Nicole a late 20th-century name.

Your Nicole

Ages of living people named NicoleHalf of living Nicoles are older than 39 and half younger.median 39020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Nicole is most common

Florida uses the name 2.2× as often as the country as a whole. Nevada, California and Illinois follow.

Where Nicole is used more than average5 states use the name Nicole more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.7× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.5× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 2.0× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 2.2× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Nicole is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Florida 1,380 2.2×
Nevada 157 2.0×
California 2,312 1.7×
Illinois 642 1.7×
New York 951 1.5×

Nicole in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Nicole ranked #412 in 2025 on 99 births. That is 41% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Nicole comes from

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

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Nicole

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Nicole Kidman Australian-American actress, producer, and model 1967 132
Nicole Scherzinger American singer and actress 1978 73
Nicole Oresme 14th century French philosopher and bishop 1320–1382 49
Nicole Seibert German schlager singer 1964 46
Nicole Gale Anderson American actress 1990 42
Nicole Richie American television personality and actress 1981 41
Nicole Vaidišová Czech tennis player 1989 38
Nicole Stott American engineer and NASA astronaut 1962 34
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 3,091 in 1968 to 7,243 in 1969 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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