Nichelle — #10394 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nichelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,536 babies named Nichelle between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nichelle currently holds the #10394 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 395 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,278 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nichelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 683 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nichelle in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nichelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,536 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.