Nichol — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nichol

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,900 babies named Nichol between 1944 and 2014, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nichol currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 195 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichol performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,428 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nichol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 378 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Nichol in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nichol 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 2,900 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.