Nicholl — girls' name
171 babies named Nicholl in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Nicholl was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Nicholl in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nicholl
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Nicholl between 1972 and 1988, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nicholl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nicholl performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nicholl shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nicholl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nicholl 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 171 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.
Nicholl at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nicholl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
171 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 19 births in a single year.
Nicholl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 108 births that decade — 63% of Nicholl's all-time total
Nicholl decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Nicholl's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Nicholl by state
Where Nicholl concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.5% |
6 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.