NameTides

Nicole

Nicole was the #382 girls' name in the US in 2025 (803 babies), and #412 in England & Wales and #300 in Canada.

Nicole as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Nicole as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Nicole as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#382 (803)#412 (99)——#381 (10)#300 (104)—
2024#318 (964)#328 (131)#638 (4)#407 (3)#191 (23)#337 (90)—
2023#326 (942)#347 (124)#342 (10)—#143 (33)#333 (89)—
2022#323 (996)#290 (155)#324 (10)#266 (6)#186 (25)#332 (88)—
2021#341 (955)#260 (181)—#350 (4)#158 (31)#342 (95)—
2020#266 (1,163)#279 (167)#399 (8)#333 (4)#138 (36)#249 (119)—
2019#229 (1,365)#194 (250)#191 (22)#200 (9)#141 (38)#342 (94)—
2018#217 (1,429)#225 (225)#275 (14)#179 (11)#107 (56)#261 (123)—
2017#184 (1,664)#205 (256)#220 (20)#296 (5)#103 (60)#249 (127)—
2016#162 (1,954)#181 (300)#179 (27)#202 (10)#101 (57)#188 (166)—
2015#154 (2,116)#162 (336)#236 (17)#116 (20)#76 (86)#204 (156)—
2014#128 (2,540)#141 (388)#131 (38)#86 (27)#67 (104)#161 (202)—
2013#91 (3,352)#138 (389)#106 (44)#75 (32)#66 (109)#127 (239)—
2012#114 (2,661)#119 (488)#83 (60)#81 (30)#58 (116)#137 (225)—
2011#117 (2,655)#97 (605)#80 (65)#62 (39)#42 (176)#110 (266)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #7.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1937.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nicole is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nicole by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #286WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #211ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #250CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #273AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #325TXFlorida: #194FL
Nicole (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#29842
Quebec2025#41112

Nicole (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NicoleCanadaGirls#300104
NicoleCanadaBoys—too few
NicoleEngland & WalesGirls#41299
NicoleIrelandGirls#38110
NicoleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NicoleNSWGirls—too few
NicoleScotlandGirls—too few
NicoleUSGirls#382803
NicoleUSBoys—too few