How Many People Are Named Nicole?
people named Nicole are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 593 people in the US has this name
Based on 596,465 babies named Nicole in Social Security records from 1937 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
23,043 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century. A famous bearer is American-Australian actress Nicole Kidman (1967-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Nicole in English. Counting Nicole 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 Nicole (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nicole alive today is about 38 years old, and 78% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nicole first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 1985, to 23,043 babies. In 2025, 803 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nicole reached #6 among girls' names in 1982, and was in the top 10 in 13 years between 1972 and 1988. In 2025 it ranked #383.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #383 |
| Best rank | #6 (1982) |
| Years in the top 10 | 13 |
| Years in the top 100 | 40 (1969 to 2013) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nicole alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nicole were born in California than in any other state: about 73,282 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nicole was given 1.8 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.7 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in Connecticut.
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