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Nicole

Pronounced /nɪˈkoʊl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1989 · #987
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:961 in 2024 (#318)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Nicole in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1989 with 107 babies, ranked #987.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1961.
  • 1,965 boys have been named Nicole since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Nicole per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 787 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 968 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 182 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/nɪˈkoʊl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Nicole, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nikola

    Rank
    #1,589
    Born '24
    108
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20202024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nicolai

    Rank
    #2,553
    Born '24
    52
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20152024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nicolo

    Rank
    #2,749
    Born '24
    47
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Nicola

    Rank
    #3,341
    Born '24
    35
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19722024