How popular is the name Nicole?

Nicole ranks 43rd among girls' names in US records, with 675,074 births since 1937. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,042.

Is Nicole a unisex name?

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

1985, when 26,244 children were given the name. It has been in use for 88 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Nichole. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#43 of girl names

Pronounced N IH0 K OW1 L (ARPABET)

Nicole is a girls' name, and first appears in 1937. It has been given to 675,074 children — the 43rd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 59% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1985, when 26,244 children were given it.

Nichole is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1985Girls: 26,244Boys: 89

These spellings sound identical to Nicole and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

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 Nicole?: Nicole ranks 43rd among girls' names in US records, with 675,074 births since 1937. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,042.
Is Nicole a unisex name?: No. Nicole is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Nicole most popular?: 1985, when 26,244 children were given the name. It has been in use for 88 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Nicole spelled?: Nichole. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.