Nichol
Nichol is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 765th, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1979195 births
- Best rank
- #765in 1972
- Since 1944
- 2,900people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,900 girls have been named Nichol in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 195 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 195 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 49%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Nichol was the 811th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Nichol
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lashundapeak 1977
- Keeshapeak 1977
- Keshapeak 1974
- Taushapeak 1975
- Shawanapeak 1977
- Shalandapeak 1977
- Jenniferpeak 1972
- Lashondapeak 1977
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.