How Many People Are Named Nichols?
people named Nichols are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 528,260 people in the US has this name
Based on 758 babies named Nichols in Social Security records from 1914 to 2009, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nichols in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nichols alive today is about 39 years old, and 79% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nichols first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1987, to 55 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2009.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2009
🏆 Rank History
Nichols has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,357, in 1987.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,357 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,861 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nichols alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nichols were born in California than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today.
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