How Many People Are Named Nicol?
people named Nicol are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 158,895 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,248 babies named Nicol in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
130 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nicol, 98.9% were girls and 1.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 96.3% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nicol alive today is about 38 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nicol first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 1970, to 130 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nicol has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,006, in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #7,050.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,050 |
| Best rank | #1,006 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,369 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nicol alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nicol were born in California than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nicol was given 3.2 times as often in California, 2.1 times in New York and 1.5 times in Pennsylvania.
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