How Many People Are Named Nichole?
people named Nichole are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,550 people in the US has this name
Based on 63,954 babies named Nichole in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,962 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of NICOLE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nichole in English. Counting Nichole and these spellings together, about 644,824 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nichole (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nichole alive today is about 40 years old, and 87% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nichole first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 1985, to 2,962 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nichole never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #93, in 1983, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 1982 to 1985. In 2025 it ranked #3,372.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,372 |
| Best rank | #93 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (1982 to 1985) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #106 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nichole alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nichole were born in California than in any other state: about 6,981 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nichole was given 2.3 times as often in South Dakota, 2.1 times in Idaho and 2.1 times in North Dakota.
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