How popular is the name Nichelle?

Nichelle ranks 1,971st among girls' names in US records, with 5,597 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 127.

Is Nichelle a unisex name?

No. Nichelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1968, when 401 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,971 of girl names

Pronounced N IH1 K HH EH1 L (ARPABET)

Nichelle is a girls' name, and first appears in 1961. It has been given to 5,597 children — the 1,971st most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 127 births across the past decade, against a peak of 401 in a single year. That peak was in 1968.

1968Girls: 401Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Nichelle?: Nichelle ranks 1,971st among girls' names in US records, with 5,597 births since 1961. Over the past decade it accounts for 127.
Is Nichelle a unisex name?: No. Nichelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Nichelle most popular?: 1968, when 401 children were given the name. It has been in use for 64 years and is still recorded as of 2024.